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by William Atkins
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Researchers have linked phthalates with increased obesity and diabetes in people. Phthalates are compounds called plasticizers. They show up in drug coatings, medical devices, paint pigments, and even sex toys.
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by Stan Beer
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It's a pity that the climate change issue has descended to the level of politicisation. However, should we expect otherwise when the most vocal proponent of the human induced global warming argument is a political figure who has ascended to the level of pop star status among his adoring legion of fans?
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by Stephen Withers
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Jules Verne, the first of five automated spacecraft designed to carry cargo to the International Space Station, is ready to fly.
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by Stephen Withers
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The International Space Station's Expedition 14 crew have been working on a local area network upgrade that will be ten times faster than the existing network.
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by Stephen Withers
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Mice normally see a limited range of colours - similar to the palette available to people with red-green colour blindness - but researchers have found that inserting a relevant human gene gives them much broader colour vision.
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by William Atkins
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Chocoholic researchers find that unsweetened cocoa improves blood vessels, which is a good indicator of a healthy heart.
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by William Atkins
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Chloroform, already suspected to cause cancer, has been found by researchers to form when people use antibacterial soaps.
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by Stan Beer
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Melting Arctic sea ice may have reached a tipping point triggering global climate change according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. The climate change could reach into Earth's temperate regions.
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by William Atkins
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According to the Abel Prize committee, Varadhan won: "for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation".
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by William Atkins
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The Long-whiskered Owlet is a very rare species of tiny owl. Discovered in 1976, it has not been seen in the wild until it appeared suddenly in February 2007 to researchers working in the Area de Conservación Privada de Abra Patricia in the northern jungle of Peru.
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by William Atkins
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Dr. Charles Simonyi will become the fifth space tourist (what is officially called by NASA as a spaceflight participant) in the upcoming Expedition 15 mission to the International Space Station.
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by William Atkins
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Scientists find 3.8 billion year old rocks that were part of the Earth’s early crust on the Isua Greenstone Belt in Greenland.
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by Adam Turner
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The world's UFO spotters have crashed the French government's X-Files archive within hours of it going online.
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by Stephen Withers
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Lawyers representing former US Space Shuttle astronaut Lisa Nowak have entered a not guilty plea to charges relating to her alleged attempt to kidnap Colleen Shipman.
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by Stephen Withers
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New technology has given astronomers a sharper look at "bullets" of gas travelling through the Orion Nebula.
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