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Neuroscience: In their nurture

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 20:00
Can epigenetics underlie the enduring effects of a mother's love? Lizzie Buchen investigates the criticisms of a landmark study and the controversial field to which it gave birth.
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Kids swap DNA for fairground rides

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 21:38
Researchers' efforts to collect samples at a fair raise ethical questions.
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Kids swap DNA for fairground rides

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 21:38
Researchers' efforts to collect samples at a fair raise ethical questions.
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What does it mean to be an ant?

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 22:26
Genome sequences offer clues on how to be a queen and live a long life.
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What does it mean to be an ant?

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 22:26
Genome sequences offer clues on how to be a queen and live a long life.
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Altruism can be explained by natural selection

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 23:59
Evolutionary biologists overturn long-held kin-selection theory.
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Altruism can be explained by natural selection

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 23:59
Evolutionary biologists overturn long-held kin-selection theory.
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Genetics: Pet project

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 22:00
Stymied in the search for genes underlying human neuropsychiatric diseases, some researchers are looking to dogs instead. David Cyranoski meets the geneticist's new best friend.
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Genetics: Pet project

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 22:00
Stymied in the search for genes underlying human neuropsychiatric diseases, some researchers are looking to dogs instead. David Cyranoski meets the geneticist's new best friend.
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Breast cancer protein is finally purified

Sun, 08/22/2010 - 22:00
Isolation of BRCA2 could help understanding of cancer risk and aid drug screening.
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Breast cancer protein is finally purified

Sun, 08/22/2010 - 22:00
Isolation of BRCA2 could help understanding of cancer risk and aid drug screening.
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E-mails spark ethics row

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:00
Spat over health effects of atrazine escalates.
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E-mails spark ethics row

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:00
Spat over health effects of atrazine escalates.
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Physiology: The bones of contention

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 19:00
The skeleton may provide more than just structural support. Alla Katsnelson investigates the rise of bone as a metabolic regulator.
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Physiology: The bones of contention

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 19:00
The skeleton may provide more than just structural support. Alla Katsnelson investigates the rise of bone as a metabolic regulator.
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Europe's largest berry bank faces closure

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 23:27
A Russian court ruling favours housing over plant diversity.
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Europe's largest berry bank faces closure

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 23:27
A Russian court ruling favours housing over plant diversity.
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Francis Collins: One year at the helm

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 22:00
Having taken on the biggest job in biomedicine — leading the US National Institutes of Health — Francis Collins must now help his agency over a funding cliff. Meredith Wadman looks at his record so far, and his plans to cushion the fall.
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Leggy creatures and long branches

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 04:01
Tracking centipedes and millipedes to their exact location in the evolutionary tree.
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Leggy creatures and long branches

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 04:01
Tracking centipedes and millipedes to their exact location in the evolutionary tree.
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