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Helpful baboon dads boost offsprings' success
Young baboons, especially daughters, who get help from their fathers enjoy a reproductive head-start by maturing quicker, a study suggests
04 February 2008
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Merging photos could improve security screening
Images made by merging several photos of the same face are easier for computer software to recognise than ordinary snapshots
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Rabbit-sized 'shrew' discovered
An accidental discovery in an exceptional African biodiversity hotspot has yielded a new species of mammal – an unusually large elephant shrew
01 February 2008
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Bizarre spider scar found on Mercury's surface
The scar, discovered during the first flyby of the planet by NASA's Messenger probe, is unlike anything else seen in the solar system
30 January 2008
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SpaceX tests multiple rocket engines for first time
The company is one step closer to creating a reusable, heavy-lift launcher after a successful multi-engine test of its Falcon 9 rocket
29 January 2008
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Shape-shifting robot forms from magnetic swarm
Swarming robots that use electromagnetic forces to cling together and morph into different shapes are being developed by researchers
29 January 2008
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Virtual world could aid diagnosis of schizophrenia
A strange virtual world with built-in "incoherencies" could allow doctors to test for cognitive problems in people with the condition
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Review: Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs by Phillip Manning
The discovery of a mummified dinosaur with skin and muscle intact is a major boon for science, and more of its secrets are yet to be revealed
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House-hunting bees behave like a brain
A swarm of bees makes decisions about where to set up home in a democratic process that mimics how the brain works
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'Averaging' faces could improve ID card security
Compiling an average of several images of a face makes recognition software as accurate as a human and could improve security screening
24 January 2008
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Top 100 weirdest amphibians list launched
The Zoological Society of London has launched the list to celebrate and conserve the world's weirdest and rarest amphibians
21 January 2008
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'Critter cams' reveal animal secrets
New tiny video cameras and data storage devices are giving new levels of access to the private lives of our wildlife
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Interview: Out on a limb over language
Linguist Daniel Everett went to Brazil as a missionary to work with the Pirahã people. Instead of converting them, he lost his faith and his family, and prompted a major intellectual row
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Learning language with the singalong neurons
Mirror neurons that help birds imitate the songs of others may work in the same way in humans learning to speak
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Milky Way's black hole probed closer than ever before
Radio emission has been detected from within 30 million kilometres of the colossal black hole thought to lie at our galaxy's heart
17 January 2008
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Monkey battles play to home-field advantage
When monkey troops fight, home advantage can outweigh the numerical superiority of invaders
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Interview: From UFOs to space stations
A real estate billionaire with an active interest in the paranormal, Robert Bigelow might appear an unlikely candidate to transform the space industry. But he is doing just that
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Elephants keep ants in harmony with tree hosts
Without large grazers like elephants and giraffes, the cosy relationship between acacia trees and ants breaks down, field studies show
10 January 2008
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Randy flies reveal how booze affects inhibitions
Male flies that develop homosexual tendencies when drunk may help reveal how alcohol affects human sexual behaviour, say researchers
03 January 2008
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Blurry X-rays become clear with new software
New algorithms create high-quality images from poor quality originals, enabling lower-dose X-rays and sharper holiday snaps
21 December 2007
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2007: Best space videos
Dancing plasma on the Sun, a rocket destroyed in a fireball, and an 'Earthrise' above the Moon are some of the year's most astonishing sights
21 December 2007
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Humanoid robot finds learning child's play
New software lets humans guide a robot through tasks in the same way parents teach a child
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Deer-like fossil is a missing link in whale evolution
A racoon-sized mammal, which lived about 48 million years ago, is evidence of whales and dolphins' transition to a watery life, say researchers
19 December 2007
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Galaxy fires powerful particle beam at neighbour
Galaxies have been known to ram into each other, but now one has been caught firing a jet of particles at a companion
17 December 2007
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