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Jonathan Hayes: 'Forensic pathologists are gate-keepers of death, chronicling the human experience from a highly specialised perspective'

True blood: What the forensic pathologist saw

The TV shows are less interesting than the bloody reality, writes New York pathologist Jonathan Hayes.

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Marine marvels found in the darkness of the deep

Monday, 23 November 2009

Steve Connor: Scientists reveal thousands of extraordinary creatures at bottom of Atlantic

Susie Colbert, 33, has a prominent 5in scar as the result of breaking her arm in two places while whitewater rafting in 2006. 'I've accommodated the scar into my self-image now, but other people are still taken aback by it,' she says

Blood and guts: On the brink of a revolution

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Scientists could soon be able to manufacture body tissue to order.

Only 3 per cent of UK mothers still breastfeed at five months

Stem cells could be the secret reason why breast is best

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Scientist says mother's milk may play vital role in helping children 'fulfil their genetic destiny'

Ergonomists helped design a better working environment for control room staff charged with operating the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Large Hadron Collider is up and running again

Saturday, 21 November 2009

The world's largest atom smasher is back on for the first time since its spectacular failure last year.

Stem cells could soon be used to remedy formerly incurable eye defects which cause blindness

Stem cells: all set for the first human trial

Friday, 20 November 2009

Steve Connor: Revolutionary treatment using human embryos for patients with incurable blindness

Professor Paul Sereno with 'supercroc'

Scientists unearth 'supercroc' that dined on dinosaurs

Friday, 20 November 2009

Palaentologists uncover five new crocodile species in Sahara

The success of Hobbie-J, which is named after a Chinese cartoon character, brings new hope for future dementia patients

Meet Hobbie-J, the smartest rat in the world

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Eleanor Harding: A rodent with a boosted memory-controlling gene brings hope for the treatment of future dementia sufferers.

Anartist’s impression of the 3ft female hobbit, Homo floresiensis,whose remains were found in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores

It's a new species. No it isn't. Yes it is. No it isn't. Yes it is...

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Steve Connor investigates the latest twist in the evolving debate about the 'hobbit' bones.

The pubic is concerned about the threat to bio-diversity posed by GM crops

GM crops 'have a role in preventing world hunger'

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Rachel Shields : Chief scientist says Government should approve trials of crops resistant to climate change.

HAL's bells: IBM makes 'thinking computer' breakthrough

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.

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