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Key measurements are made on top of the Mauna Loa volcano

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark. Daily measurements of CO2 at a US government agency lab on Hawaii have topped 400 parts per million ...

Science research in balance as World Bank project ends

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1 May 2013

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The World Bank headquarters in Washington DC

Scientists and researchers have expressed concern about the future of their projects as the Millenium Science Initiative Project funded by the World Bank comes to a close in June this ...

DNA tests on six-inch skeleton of ‘alien-looking’ creature with over-sized head prove it was actually human claim scientists in new documentary

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24 Apr 2013

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Scientists say DNA tests have revealed the ususal remains to be human rather than alien

The mummified remains of what looks like a 6-inch space alien has turned “Sirius” into the most eagerly awaited documentary among UFO enthusiasts. The findings, however, might come as ...

Ancient DNA reveals Europe’s dynamic genetic history

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23 Apr 2013

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The Neolithic was a period of momentous cultural and demographic change

DNA sequenced from nearly 40 ancient skeletons has shed light on the complex prehistoric events that shaped modern European populations. A study of remains from Central Europe suggests the foundations ...

Did life exist BEFORE Earth? Researchers calculate we may have existed

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20 Apr 2013

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Geneticists have used a theory that usually governs the speed increases of computers - and applied it to life. The results suggest life first appeared about 10 billion years ago - long before Earth, which is believed to be 4.5 billion years old

Life existed before Earth, and may have originated outside out solar system, researchers have claimed. Geneticists have used a theory that usually governs the speed increases of computers – and ...

Scientists make ‘lab-grown’ kidney

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15 Apr 2013

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A kidney “grown” in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say. Similar techniques to make simple body parts have already been ...

Nasa image shows the aftermath of the moment one star shone brighter than any other in the sky

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19 Mar 2013

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Nasa has released an image of the 'light echo' produced by the glare from a star that was, for one brief shining moment, the brightest in the night sky

In 2002 a previously unknown star stunned stargazers when it suddenly flared up to briefly become the brightest star in the sky. The star, V838 Monocerotis, produced a stellar flash ...

Apple iPhone 4S Microscope Discovers Intestinal Worms

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13 Mar 2013

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The handheld device that has transformed the way people communicate is also changing the medical field. Credit: Issac Bogoch

Scientists used an iPhone 4S to diagnose intestinal worm infections in schoolchildren in rural Tanzania. They attached an $8 (£5) ball lens to the handset camera lens, and used a ...

New scientific study claims extraterrestrial fossil found in Sri Lanka meteor

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12 Mar 2013

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Claims: Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe with the fragment of space rock in which the fossils were found

A team of scientists has released a paper in the March edition of the Journal of Cosmology supporting claims from an earlier study, that a meteorite that crashed in Sri ...

Was Stonehenge an ancient burial ground? Scientists discover bone fragments from 63 bodies at historic monument

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9 Mar 2013

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Stonehenge, Wiltshire, is believed to have been the second ceremonial circle at the site, experts said

Thousands of people came from across Britain to help build Stonehenge, experts investigating the origins of the monument have said. They said people travelled from as far afield as the ...