January 2007 Archives

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An audit of genetically modified crops, largely funded by the GM industry itself, claims big savings on emissions, thanks to weedkiller-resistant plants
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The biplanes that flew a century ago may have had a Cretaceous predecessor, according to an interpretation of a small feathered fossil
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Hailed as an "ethical" alternative to embryonic stem cells, they are shown to be able to form all of the cell types found in blood
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Did our earliest animal ancestors go through a larval stage, or did that evolve later?
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The unexpected discovery of a rare Y chromosome suggests a long-lived African presence in the UK
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Evolution has never made a lion or wolf the size of an elephant because such a "super-carnivore" would not be able to run fast enough to catch its dinner
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The gradual erosion of telomeres, the DNA caps at the end of chromosomes, may signal an increased risk of heart disease
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Diets tailored to your genetic profile are being sold as the ultimate in healthy eating. But does the science add up?
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The disgraced South Korean cloning researcher Woo Suk Hwang was not the only bad apple in the bowl - a former member of his team falsified separate work
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Scientists rushed to make grand claims for hybrid cloning at the first hint that it might be curtailed. They should behave more responsibly, says
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Evolution isn't supposed to run backwards, but when it does it can sometimes represent the future of a species - even us
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