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Young adults who exercise get higher IQ Scores
4 December 2009 | Science | No Comments
Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more likely to go on to university, reveals a major new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
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Top Ten Discoveries of 2009: Nat Geo News’s Most Viewed
4 December 2009 | Science | No Comments
National Geographic News’s most popular coverage of 2009 scientific finds is swarming with megamouth sharks, giant snakes, a transparent-headed fish, and rare species rescued from obscurity—then eaten.
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New Giant Fish Species Announced
28 August 2008 | Science | No Comments
One fish—the goliath grouper—has suddenly become two. The Atlantic goliath grouper, found in warm waters of the Americas and western Africa, is a separate species from the goliath grouper that roams tropical reefs of the eastern Pacific Ocean, a new genetic study shows.
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Cloned Puppies: Sure, They’re Cute, But at What Cost?
21 August 2008 | Science | No Comments
When skin cells from a dead pit bull named Booger gave rise to five healthy-looking puppies with a $50,000 price tag, it marked the formal beginning of a commercial dog-cloning industry.
But for all the attention given to these and other clones, little was paid to the behind-the-scenes science.
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Australian scientists are hoping to cure leukaemia…
11 August 2008 | Science, Health | No Comments
Australian scientists are hoping to cure leukaemia, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis after their breakthrough discovery of how to stop killer blood cells growing. The team has unlocked the secrets behind the protein which controls the way the blood cancer cells spread when it is damaged - and have found a way to stop its deadly […]