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Mount Everest - A Living Laboratory

featured Mount Everest - A Living Laboratory

Mount Everest image via Shutterstock Mount Everest is not normally regarded as a living laboratory, but while geographers and outdoor enthusiasts worldwide are eagerly looking forward to May 2013 and...

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Popcorn 'the perfect snack' say scientists

Popcorn 'the perfect snack' say scientists

Popcorn Image via Shutterstock Scientists say popcorn may be the perfect snack. High-fibre popcorn contains a higher level of antioxidants than fruit and vegetables, the American Chemical Society (ACS) has...

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Smoking - 50 years of progress - but not worldwide

Smoking - 50 years of progress - but not worldwide

Smoking cigarette via Shutterstock Fifty years ago nobody in Britain thought twice about lighting up a cigarette in public. Cinemas, theatres, pubs and public transport were all popular locations where...

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Eggs from Stem Cells excite the imagination

Eggs from Stem Cells excite the imagination

These human eggs (oocytes) can now be made from adult ovaries; Credit: Shutterstock Yvonne A R White, Dori C Woods, Yasushi Takai, Hiroyuki Seki and Jonathan L Tilly worked hard...

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Avocado compound helps fight hospital bacteria

Avocado compound helps fight hospital bacteria

Staphylococcus; Credit: Shutterstock A plant compound has been discovered that helps antibiotics fight the troublesome Staphylococcus infection. The substance taken from the Chilean avocado plant is effective in combating Staphylococcus...

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Boys Faces and Fingers

Boys Faces and Fingers

Credit: © Sonja Windhager, Katrin Schaefer Boys', post-natally, have large concentrations of testosterone, then it rapidly decreases to the same level as girls. Particular effects have now been noted on...

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Speech from the brain

Speech from the brain

The auditory areas of the cerebral cortex are just above the ears on this representation. Impulses would be taken by attaching receptors to the skull; Credit: Shutterstock Brian Pasley at...

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Bushmeat in NYC!

Bushmeat in NYC!

Examples of smuggled simian bushmeat (a) skull, (b) hand, (c) skull and torso, and (d) arm. Ruler units are centimeters. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029505.g001; Credit: PloS ONE Dr Kristine Smith of the EcoHealth...

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