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Black holes may lurk in unexpected placesWhere in the cosmos might black holes be hiding? Marcus Chown looks behind the sofa
Man-made 'defensin' rips resistant bacteria apartA mimic of a potent compound used by immune cells could provide an alternative to antibiotics, which bacteria can become resistant to
17:15 16 May 2008
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How information escapes from a black holeA new study bolsters the idea that quantum fuzziness smoothes out a black hole's destructive 'singularity', allowing information to escape
16:28 16 May 2008
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'Self-digesting' biofuel plants could ease food crisisAs biofuel helps push up food prices, researchers say that unusual genetic engineering may be the best way to get cheap ethanol from inedible plants
14:50 16 May 2008
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Adapted aircon can track movement in the homePressure detectors in air-conditioning units can track the movement of people through a building and could be used to save energy
11:57 16 May 2008
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Treating animals like molecules aids censusBy assuming that animals move around randomly like molecules in a gas, biologists are able to accurately gauge animal numbers in the wild
11:03 16 May 2008
Global biodiversity slumps 27% in 35 years
00:01 16 May 2008
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Fat is an environmental issue
00:01 16 May 2008
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Astronomers measure temperature of the early universe
19:14 15 May 2008
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DNA tests open a Pandora's Box of flies
19:00 15 May 2008
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'Cuddle chemical' could treat mental illnessFeed the brain a chemical linked with love, trust and affection and all sorts of magical things happen. Maia Szalavitz reports
Do we need to change the definition of science?Scientific truth isn't black and white – the frontiers of knowledge are sprouting a host of ideas that are seemingly impossible to falsify, says Robert Matthews
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Michael Marshall explains why lemurs are so good at climbing, and how to see inside the Martian ice caps
Evil but not insaneThe Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter in a cellar is a case of 'moral insanity', says A C Grayling
Military mavericksUS agency DARPA has a mission to create 'surprising' technology and has funded bizarre ideas for 50 years.
Dysfunction definedWill a new 'evidence-based definition' for premature ejaculation help sufferers?
X-files releasedDecades' worth of classified files relating to UFOs are now freely available to the public
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