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Low rank monkeys more prone to cocaine addiction
ByJamesRandersonMonkeysatthebottomofthesocialdominancehierarchyaremorepronetococaineaddiction...
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Stitching a drone’s view of the world into 3D maps as it flies
LockheedMartinByDavidHamblingWhenyou’rebuzzingthroughtheairat60kilometresperhour...
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Beware of the bat
ByAndyCoghlanCOUNTRIESthatareofficiallyfreeofrabiesarestillatriskfromcloselyrelatedviruses...
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Huge boom in teen HIV cases could cause epidemic to spiral
GettyImagesByAndyCoghlanThere’sateenboominHIV...
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Mobile targets
ByIanSampleandDuncanGraham-RoweACELLPHONEisstolenevery45secondsinBritain.Thegovernmentsaysthecellphoneindustryisn’tdoingenoughtomakethephoneslessattractivetargetsforthieves.Butwhilesomeastonishingblun...
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Dark matter no-show puts favoured particles on death row
C.H.FahamByJacobAronOneoftheworld’sleadingdarkmatterdetectorshaswrappedupanearlytwo-year-longsearchforthemysteriousparticles...
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Bees spew water at their hive-mates when the temperature rises
AlbertdeWilde/Buiten-beeld/MindenPictures/GettyByEmilyBensonTurntheairconditioneron...
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UK’s £1 billion cut to carbon storage could cost £30 billion
DanKitwood/GettyImagesCancellinga£1billioncompetitiontodeveloptechnologytocaptureandstorecarbonemissionscouldpushupthecostsofmeetingclimatetargetstoanextra£30billion...
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First superatom molecules pave way for new breed of electronics
ShivKhannaResearchGroupByJacobAronSuperatoms–clustersofatomsthathavethepowertomimicthepropertiesofotherelements–havebeenlinkeduptomakemoleculesforthefirsttime.Thesecouldbethebuildingblocksforadvancedm...
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Just a squeeze away
Higher-resolutioninkjetprintoutsmaysoonbepossiblethankstoanewwaytoreduceinkdropsize.OsmanBasaranatPurdueUniversityinIndianahasfiguredoutthatsqueezingthenozzleinjusttherightwaycanreducethedroplets’volu...
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Distant voices
ByBarryFoxHoldingyourcellphonesothatthespeakerisafewcentimetresawayfromyourearsubstantiallyreducesthemicrowaveradiationreachingyourhead...
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Should people who are not terminally ill have the right to die?
TroelsGraugaard/GettyLIKEmanypsychiatrists...
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Driven to delusions
ByEricaKlarreichIFYOUconstantlyfeelallthecarsonthemotorwayaredrivingtoofastortooslow...
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Ripple effect
ByEugenieSamuelWashingtonDCFORGETmultimillion-dollarspacecraftandelaborateundergroundlabs.Thesimplestwaytodetectgravitywavesdirectlycouldbetolistentofluttersintheregularburstsofradiowavesfromdistantpu...
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Lethal supernova
ByEugenieSamuelWashingtonDCCOSMICraysfromanearbysupernovatriggeredamassextinctiononEarth2millionyearsago...
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Error fix for long-lived qubits brings quantum computers nearer
MehauKulyk/SciencePhotoLibraryByJacobAronUsefulquantumcomputersareonestepcloser...
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Eating each other’s faeces helps earwig young survive famine
JoëlMeunierByRichaMalhotraSpecies:Europeanearwig(Forficulaauricularia)Habitat:Woods...
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Measuring yin and yang
ByBarryFoxBuildingabridgebetweentraditionalChinesemedicineandmodernWesterndiagnosticsistheaimofEastwestPharmaceuticalsofMassachusetts(WO01/79839).AccordingtoChinesemedicine...
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One part of Antarctica has been cooling since 1998 – here’s why
SteveAllen/GettyByMichaelLePageTheAntarcticPeninsulahadbeenwarmingsinceatleastthe1950s...
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Let's ditch the idea that only home-cooked food is good for kids
MikaelAndersson/plainpictureByAnthonyWarnerOnly16percentofUKmotherscookfromscratcheveryday...
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Self-destructing bacteria are engineered to kill cancer cells
ManfredRohde/HZIBySallyAdeeInthewaragainstcancer...
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Loggers eye up fire-damaged forests in US
ByKurtKleinerIT’SnotjustAustraliathatcan’tdecidehowtodealwithwildfires.TheUSgovernmentisembroiledinalegalwranglewithenvironmentalistsoverwhattodowiththeremainsofforeststhathavebeenpartiallyrazedbyfire...
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Foot-and-mouth disease stalks Egypt
ANEWstrainoffoot-and-mouthdiseaseinEgyptcouldaggravatediscontentamongtheruralpoorandprolongthecountry’spoliticalturmoil.Egyptpreviouslyharbouredtwostrainsofthefoot-and-mouthvirus.InMarchanewstrain...
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Rubber hand shows brain can be fooled on skin colour
ByAnilAnanthaswamyTakingpointersfromrubberhands...
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Rusty memories rejuvenated in elderly mice
ByAndyCoghlanForgetfulnessthataccompaniesthemarchoftimemaybereversible–inmiceatleast.Elderlymicehavehadtheirfalteringmemoriesrestoredafterreceivingextraamountsofanenzymethatswitchesgenesonoroffinthebr...
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Humans and nature turn American West into a tinderbox
ByWillFergusonElevennewlargefiresracedacrosstheAmericanwestlastweek...
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Gotcha! Higgs find will kick off new era of knowledge
ByLisaGrossmanAllthesignssuggestthattheworld’smost-wantedparticleisfinallypreparingtoshowitsface.Anunmaskingwillopendoorstoawholenewlevelinourunderstandingoftheuniverse–andallowtheoriginsofmattertobes...
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A brief history of a boson: Timeline of Higgs
ByJacobAronIt’sturnedintoscience’sworst-keptsecret.Tomorrow...
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Higgs fever: Your guide to the most-wanted particle
ByCelesteBieverSpeculationhashitfeverpitchthattheHiggsbosonhasbeenfound.WhyelsewouldCERN...
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Pharma giant failed to report 80,000 drug files
ByAndyCoghlan(Image:Garo/Phanie/RexFeatures)Aninvestigationisunderwayafterthediscoverythat80...
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Humble DNA could help decipher dark matter
ByMacGregorCampbellAfewstrandsofDNAcouldhelpsolvethemysteryofdarkmatter.AnewlyproposeddetectoraimstouseDNAtoresolvetheconflictingclaimsfromcurrentdarkmatterdetectors.Darkmatteristhoughttomakeupabout85...
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Earth's oldest impact crater found in Greenland
ByAndyCoghlanYou’dhavetogotothemoonorMarstofindabiggerimpactcraterthantheonediscoveredinGreenland.Anasteroid30kilometresacrosssmashedintoGreenlandthreebillionyearsago...
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HIV tests offered at pharmacies under pilot initiative
ByAndyCoghlanTheUSCentersforDiseaseControlisconsideringthevalueofofferingHIVtestsatUSpharmacies...
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HIV tests offered at pharmacies under pilot initiative
WHATyoudon’tknowcanhurtyou.ThatiswhytheUSCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC)isconsideringthevalueofhavingpharmaciesofferHIVtestsintheUS...
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Islamist threat to Timbuktu's ancient scientific texts
ByAndyCoghlanTimbuktu’spricelesscollectionofancientscientifictextsisatriskofdestructionbyhard-lineIslamists.AnsarDine...
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Climate change is shrinking Australian plant leaves
ByMichaelSlezakIfyourplanforescapingclimatechangeistohideintheshadeofatree...
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Dark matter underpinnings of cosmic web found
THEskeletonofdarkmatterthatundergirdsthecosmicwebofmatterintheuniversehasbeenclearlydetectedforfirsttime.Weknowthatmatterinthecosmosformsaweb...
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Lying cuttlefish tells rival males he's a girl
ByMichaelMarshallWhosaysmalescan’tmultitask?Cuttlefishcanduperivalmalesintothinkingthey’regirls...
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Melbourne drinks to the Higgs while CERN lunches
ByMichaelSlezakinMelbourneTiredredeyessoongavewaytorosycheeksasphysicistsinMelbourne...
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Fetal genome sequenced without the father's DNA
BySaraReardonWho’syourdaddy?Cliniciansseekingtopinpointgeneticdiseasesindevelopingfetusesmaynolongerneedtoknowtheidentityofthefather...
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AI fantasy football manager picks a winning team
ByJacobAronIsyourEuro2012fantasyfootballteamslidingdowntheleagueatanalarmingrate?IfyouthoughtChrisfromtheofficewashardtobeat...
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Powerful ion engine relies on microwaves
ByCelesteBieverApowerfulnewionpropulsionsystemhasbeensuccessfullyground-testedbyNASA.TheHighPowerElectricPropulsionionenginetrialmarksthe“firstmeasurablemilestone”fortheambitious$3billionProjectPromet...
