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Scientists develop apple that won't rot
Disease-resistant variety of fruit can be kept out of the fridge for a fortnight without going off
Inside Science
Penis implant brings hopes to thousands
Monday, 9 November 2009
An unusual organ implant grown in the laboratory and rigorously tested on highly-sexed male rabbits could bring new hope to thousands of men.
Tom Choularton: Can we really control the weather?
Friday, 6 November 2009
Recently both Russia and China have claimed to be able to use cloud seeding to increase rainfall and snowfall, or change the location of where it falls.
How the elephant got its trunk (and other wonders of nature)
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Nobel laureate to reveal secrets of evolution via massive gene-mapping project. By Steve Connor.
Scientists unearth evidence of centuries-old aftershocks
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Steve Connor: They studied earthquakes that occurred unexpectedly in places with no recent record of tremors
$1m lunar lander 'X prize' awarded
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
A team of California rocketeers has won a $1 million (£604,000) prize in a simulated lunar landing contest backed by Nasa.
Chief scientific adviser backs sacked drug 'tsar'
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Steve Connor: Prof John Beddington said scientific facts support view that alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than cannabis.
Space hotel 'on schedule to open in 2012'
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost €3m for a three-night stay.
Teenage tantrums of the T rex
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Tyrannosaurus rex had terrible teenage tantrums that ended in fierce fights between bickering adolescents which left scars that can still be seen in fossils tens of millions of years old.
Steve Connor: When ministers have a beef with scientists
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Science Notebook: One of Winston Churchill's less famous quotations is that science "should be on tap but not on top"
How scientists cracked puzzle of Falklands wolf
Monday, 2 November 2009
Steve Connor: Its origin may finally have been solved, 175 years after it puzzled Charles Darwin.
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