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DNA finger printing’s pioneer scientist honoured by Royal Society

The inventor of genetic finger printing has been awarded the world's oldest science prize, the Royal Society's Copley Medal. In…

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Horses movable ears are ‘communication tools’

A study involving horses suggests they also pay close attention to the direction another's ears are pointing in order to…

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Equation ‘can predict momentary happiness’

It has long been known that happiness depends on many different life circumstances. Now scientists have developed a mathematical equation…

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‘New species discovered’: Bolivian Golden Bat

A golden bat from Bolivia has been described as a new species by scientists. Myotis midastactus had previously been classified…

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Lead in teeth holds secrets of person’s origins: Research

The lead in human teeth holds clues about where a person grew up and can help criminal investigators and archaeologists…

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Mars 2020 rover to carry oxygen making device

The suite of  tools loaded on NASA´s next robotic vehicle, bound for the Red Planet in 2020, will include a…

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Why the moon is lemon-shaped?

Scientists have worked out the reasons for the distorted shape of our Moon. A US team calculated the effect on…

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Russia seeks Apple, SAP cooperation against foreign spying

Russia has proposed that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and SAP (SAPG.DE) hand the government access to their source code to make…

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Sleep sensor breaks through $1m on crowdfunding platform

A 22-year-old British entrepreneur's new sleep-tracking kit named 'sense' has cracked $1.2m (£708,000) in its first week on Kickstarter's crowdfunding…

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