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New species of dinosaur from Alberta — [7 May] — Acrotholus audeti, a new species of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur, was identified from recently discovered and historically…
New device can extract human DNA very fast — [6 May] — Engineers have created a device that can extract human DNA in a simpler and more efficient way than conventional methods.…
More recent stories…'Cone of silence' keeps conversations secret — In Get Smart, the 1960s TV spy comedy, secret agents wanting a private conversation… — [10 May 2009 04:40 GMT]
Volcanic shutdown may have led to 'snowball Earth' — A 250-million-year shutdown of volcanic activity which is thought to have occurred… — [9 May 2009 14:26 GMT]
Brazil's other big forest in dire straits — The ongoing degradation of the Amazon rainforest has obscured the plight of its smaller… — [9 May 2009 09:54 GMT]
Jumping robot to bounce into military service — Hopping robots may soon find a role in the American military.… — [9 May 2009 05:48 GMT]
Medieval-style 'rack' stretches skin grafts — Slivers of skin have been stretched to twice their size in a week using a robotic… — [9 May 2009 01:49 GMT]
Could flowers bloom on icy moon Europa? — Physicist and futurist Freeman Dyson says we should search for extraterrestrial life… — [5 May 2009 17:46 GMT]
Brain scan studies busted by statistics — There is fresh evidence that the budding field of social neuroscience is producing… — [3 May 2009 14:47 GMT]
Chromosome clue to human miscarriage — Why do women have more miscarriages than females of other species? Perhaps because… — [3 May 2009 14:45 GMT]
Did asbestos help life evolve? — Earthquakes and asbestos may seem an unlikely alliance to help life evolve on early… — [2 May 2009 18:05 GMT]
Could the net become self-aware? — Yes, if we play our cards right - or wrong, depending on your perspective.… — [30 Apr 2009 11:46 GMT]
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— Following the motion of an exoplanet — For the first time, astronomers have been able to directly follow the motion… [10 Jun 18:28]— Streaming sand grains help define essence of a liquid — Water forms droplets because attractive interactions between molecules produce… [24 Jun 17:00]
— Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur — Plants or meat: That's about all that fossils ever tell palaeontologists about… [18 Jun 13:46]
— September launch for ESA's water mission — Following confirmation from Eurockot Launch Services that they will launch ESA's… [27 Apr 16:28]
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— New species of dinosaur from Alberta — 7 May 18:48— New device can extract human DNA very fast — 6 May 18:56
— New species of small theropod discovered in China — 5 May 19:17
— A mid-level solar flare seen by NASA — 4 May 18:26
— A smarter way to make ultraviolet light beams — 2 Dec 10:56
— Lava fingerprinting reveals differences between Hawaii's twin volcanoes — 2 Dec 10:53