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Funding needed to keep stem cell research in UK
Monday, 24 November 2008
The UK risks losing its command of stem-cell research to the USA, a group of leading scientists said today.
The stuff of dreams
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Paul Bignell furthers the cause of art and science by taking part in a unique experiment that involves sleeping with 20 strangers.
Scientists 'wrong about ecstasy'
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Controversial plans to downgrade ecstasy to a class B drug will be the subject of fierce debate on Tuesday, when the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is presented with evidence on why the drug should remain class A.
Patient, heal thyself: Grow your own new organ
Saturday, 22 November 2008
The idea of growing your own new organ is now a reality. The possibilities are endless, say Steve Connor and Jeremy Laurance
The Big Question: Has the space station achieved anything or is it a waste of money?
Friday, 21 November 2008
You're not boarding with that – how transplant pioneers were grounded
Friday, 21 November 2008
Private jet chartered after easyJet refused to carry stem cells
Lost in space: the astronauts' toolbox
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as it floated away with everything inside.
Medical miracle: Transplant organ grown to order
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Jeremy Laurance: Experts hail a new era in which worn-out body parts are repaired with customised replacements.
Ooops! A look at items lost in space
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
It's not easy holding on to a small bag some 200 miles above Earth.
Tender embrace: the first known nuclear family
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Steve Connor: A Stone Age burial ground has provided the earliest evidence for the existence of the nuclear family.
Large bill for Large Hadron Collider fix
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Fixing the world's largest atom smasher will cost at least £14 million and may take until early in the Northern Hemisphere summer, its operator CERN said.
Ovary-transplant birth raises fears of ethical dangers
Sunday, 16 November 2008
Women can freeze ovaries for later pregnancies, but experts warn of 'societal control' of childbearing age
Endeavour achieves successful blast-off
Saturday, 15 November 2008
The space shuttle's mission is to give the international space station a home makeover.
Scientists hail breakthrough images of star
Friday, 14 November 2008
Astronomers have taken direct images of a three-planet solar system around a distant star, using a revolutionary technique that may one day lead to the discovery of an Earth-like planet that can harbour life.
The brainboxes born 1.2m years ago
Friday, 14 November 2008
Discovery of fossilised pelvis forces scientists to revise view of Homo erectus
The Big Question: What is nanotechnology, and do we put the world at risk by adopting it?
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Exclusion zone sought for Oxford's animal lab
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Steve Connor: University says building will help animal care while scientists seek life-saving advances
'IVF without hormones' hailed
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Younger women undergoing fertility treatment may stand a better chance of getting pregnant with a new procedure that does not stimulate the ovaries with powerful hormone-containing drugs, doctors said yesterday.
Phoenix Mars mission is over, says Nasa
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Nasa declared an end to the Phoenix mission, five months after the spacecraft became the first to land in Mars' arctic plains and taste water on another planet.
At last, light on dark matter
Friday, 7 November 2008
Steve Connor: Scientists are on the brink of solving one of the greatest mysteries of the universe.
The Big Question: Will scientists ever be able to resurrect long-extinct animals by cloning?
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Scientists 'clone mice from deep freeze bodies'
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
The breakthrough increases the possibility of "resurrecting" extinct animals such as mammoths from their frozen remains.
Brian Cox: It's the unanswered questions that make particle physics sexy
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
I would like to give a brief introduction to particle physics and what we hope to achieve with the Large Hadron Collider at The European Organisation for Nuclear Research in Geneva.
Stem-cell technique may end need for heart donors
Monday, 3 November 2008
Growing human organs in the laboratory has moved a step closer with the development of a biodegradable material forming a non-living "scaffold" on which beating heart muscle can be grown from stem cells.
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