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| No mating with mum |
| The common house mouse can recognise its close kin and avoid inbreeding, thanks to a special protein in its urine. T.V. Jayan reports |
| If this wonder protein were present in humans, mythical Greek king Oedipus could have avoided an embarrassing situation. It would have helped the legendary king of Thebes know that Jocasta — whom he married and had children by — was actually his mother, and thus perhaps averted a travesty of fate. ... |
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| Difficult war to win |
| It is one of those studies where you know the outcome before you start. Doctors at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago analysed data in the
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| The colugo gets close |
| The colugo, a southeast Asian mammal that resembles a flurry kite when it glides from tree to tree, has been found to be the closest surviving kin of
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| It’s all in the name |
| The Haversian canals, isles of Langerhans and Broca’s area aren’t destinations on a map: they’re parts of the human body (in the bones,
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| Blue screens of death |
| Bits & Bytes / SURIT DOSS |
q+a My computer suddenly restarts with messages such as “memory dump…” or “memory mismatching something about BIOS”. I use Windows XP Professional. Please help. ... | Read.. |
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