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Thalidomide effect mystery solved
11th March 2010, 19:45
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
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'Terminator' asteroids could re-form after nuke
11th March 2010, 18:39
We'd better make sure that we send a big enough bomb to stop an incoming asteroid ? if we don't, the space rock could reassemble
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Battle over climate science spreads to US schoolrooms
11th March 2010, 14:33
In three states, alternatives to the scientific consensus on global warming must be taught ? and there seem to be links to efforts to teach creationism
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Half-cock chicken mystery solved
11th March 2010, 12:08
Researchers in Edinburgh say they have solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female.
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Parched island
11th March 2010, 11:22
Politicians look away as Cyprus dies of drought
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Japan protest over tuna ban plan
11th March 2010, 10:46
Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.
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In pictures: Bear power
11th March 2010, 09:53
The European brown bear's love of electricity and telegraph poles is helping scientists gain new insights into its behaviour.
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Scientists to review climate body
10th March 2010, 22:06
The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
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EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban
10th March 2010, 20:57
EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.
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