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Iron-age sacrifice is oldest brain in Britain

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jan 2009

The oldest surviving human brain in Britain, dating back at least 2000 years to the Iron Age, has b…

‘Flexible’ gibbon feet model for early humans

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jan 2009

Scientists have found that early humans could have walked successfully on a flexible flat foot, sim…

Predicting the onset of depression

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jan 2009

Researchers from UCL have developed the first online tool that can be used to identify those who ar…

New ebola species threatens Africa

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jan 2009

Following an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever in Uganda, scientists have isolated a new species of eb…

Will robots increase the class divide?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jan 2009

A Spanish study has looked at the future impact of robots on society and concludes that a technolog…

Euro threat to MRI scanners

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jan 2009

Urgent action and public pressure is still required to stop the European Union adopting legislation…

The new wave

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jan 2009

2000 PhD students to take on big problems with £250million new funding

A real blow for the sneezes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Dec 2008

For those sufferers of allergic rhinitis – scientists at Oxford University have some good Christmas…

'Tis the season to be contrary

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Dec 2008

In the build up to Christmas tempers may well be frayed – but fear not, endocrinology may hold the …

...FIVE gold rings

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Dec 2008

As Christmas and the credit crunch collide, is it the men that are feeling the pinch the most? We m…

Is UK business missing out on science talent?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Dec 2008

The UK risks losing out on top talent unless the Government and business works harder to foster a c…

First images of multi-planet system

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Dec 2008

An international team of astronomers has become the first to capture images of a multi-planet syste…

Bloodhound seeks 1,000mph record

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Dec 2008

In the challenge to create a car capable of 1,000mph, Richard Noble OBE has turned to world class U…

Search for origin of life reaches interstellar dust

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Dec 2008

Interstellar dust particles - not, you might imagine, the dampest places in the universe - but most…

Stone baked fossils give up secrets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Dec 2008

Scientists are getting closer to solving a 500-million year old mystery - how do fossils heated to …

DNA - protein journey controlled by activator

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Dec 2008

Scientists at Imperial College have announced the discovery of specialist activator proteins that s…

Science to mend a broken heart

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Dec 2008

 Science could mend your broken heart - unfortunately for romantics everywhere, not the type caused…

Mother’s mental health affects baby

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Dec 2008

Babies carried by mothers suffering from mental illness face major challenges, sometimes before the…

Wine set to go wireless

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Dec 2008

An automated wireless monitoring system that uses sensors to check soil moisture, air temperature a…

LHC technology set for a googlewhack

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2008

The world’s largest science experiment has paved the way for the UK to develop the next generation …