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Giant ocean covered Mars, new map reveals

A single ocean once covered much of the northern half of Mars, supplied with water from a belt of rain-fed rivers, new research suggests.

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Big Bang atom smasher records first proton hits

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward yesterday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the £6bn machine after more than a year of repairs.

Steve Connor: A true heir of Darwin – minus the beard

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Science Notebook: Few people who have read Wilson's books can fail to be inspired by the natural wonders that he helps you to discover

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

Monday, 23 November 2009

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

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.

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