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| Experts look
for human history in DNA. G.S. Mudur reports |
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recent history were to repeat itself, the largest effort
yet to study human genetic material may be dubbed as ?the
return of the vampire?. An international team of scientists
announced earlier this month a plan to collect blood samples
and extract DNA from some 100,000 people around the world,
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| Precision
killing of cancer cells |
| Researchers
at the Rice University, US, have invented a new
imaging and treatment method that can both detect
and treat the killer disease. According ... |
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sunlit lunar outpost |
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you are NASA and you want to set up a lunar outpost,
and you want lots of sunlight to power it. Well
then, Houston, you?ve got a problem. Since th ... |
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| Calorie
concern |
| You
are what your ancestors ate. And those ancestors
would pick and choose fruits, nuts, seeds and the
occasional helping of meat or fish. Most of the
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fully rational or logical |
| If
art and science mix, then the field of anatomy has
long been a thick burgoo. For centuries, the anatomist
relied on the artist to record the dry de ... |
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| Enthusiastic claims |
In June, Panasonic will introduce Oxyride batteries: AA and AAA disposable batteries that the company calls ?the most significant developments in primary battery technology in 40 years?. According to Panasonic, these batteries last up to twice as lon ... | Read..
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| QED: Are mobiles safe?
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Technology, which we often take for granted, sometimes puts us in a great dilemma. With the burgeoning numbers of cellphone users ? more than 1,500,000,000 people worldwide already ? debates are now converging on its unexpected risks and unintended
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Headache that couldn?t be cured
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ALL IN MY HEAD
Paula Kamen
De Capo Press; £ 24.95 ... | Read.. |
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For much of the first half of the 20th century, polio conjured up every parent?s worst nightmare: children who could not walk without steel braces; others imprisoned in large tank respirators called iron lungs, gasping for every breath. Still others ... | 
