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Elephants kept in zoos die younger than in the wild
Steve Connor: First evidence to show animals' health and lifespan suffers in captivity
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Darwin at 200: a family celebration
Friday, 12 December 2008
As the 200th birthday of the pioneering naturalist nears, his great-great-grandchild, the poet Ruth Padel, urges us to see her forebear as an extraordinary human being as well as the man who gave us the theory of evolution
More tsunami quakes forecast
Friday, 12 December 2008
Scientists predict a succession of tremors similar to the one that laid waste to South-east Asia in 2004
Is there life on planet HD 189733b?
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Discovery of water and carbon dioxide on planet 63 light years away raises tantalising prospect
Giant black hole found at galaxy's core
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Astronomers who have taken a close-up look at the heart of the Milky Way say that "beyond any reasonable doubt" a giant black hole lurks at our galaxy's core.
Hope for malaria vaccine within five years
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Jeremy Laurance: Trials show protection against disease that kills over a million people a year
Scientists find gene that can predict alcoholism
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Now they want to find how to attack 'genetic fault'that causes the addiction
It's not just humans who can go green with envy
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Experiment demonstrates the surprising range of canine emotions
It's official: Men really are the weaker sex
Sunday, 7 December 2008
Evolution is being distorted by pollution, which damages genitals and the ability to father offspring.
Will science ever be able to detect the truth about lying?
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Benefit claimants may have to sit lie-detector tests. The surviving Mumbai attacker is to be given a 'truth serum'. So does this mean we can no longer keep our dishonesty to ourselves?
Study shows happiness 'is contagious'
Friday, 5 December 2008
"Hell is other people," wrote the French existential philosopher Jean Paul Sartre, in one of his most famous lines from Huis-clos (No Exit). Half a century later, research has shown exactly the reverse may be true.
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