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Fishing bycatch is 'junk food' for sea birds
The seven million tons of fisheries waste that marine birds feed on each year is "junk food" that could be starving their chicks, writes Roger Highfield.
13 Feb 2008

Current measurse 'won't stop bovine TB'
The first detailed analysis of how the transport of cattle spreads bovine TB has concluded that current measures will not stop the epidemic, only contain it, writes Roger Highfield.
13 Feb 2008

Dinosaur with built in trumpet to woo females
The puzzling discovery that Olympic judo players wearing blue were more likely to be winners has at last been explained: their success was nothing to do with being blue - they were simply better athletes.
13 Feb 2008

Judo players have no reason to feel blue
The puzzling discovery that Olympic judo players wearing blue were more likely to be winners has at last been explained: their success was nothing to do with being blue - they were simply better athletes.
13 Feb 2008

View from the lab: Making sex boring
Nature has some very underhand tricks for would-be-suitors, says Prof Steve Jones.
12 Feb 2008

Could women grow their own sperm?
The day when babies can be made from stray flakes of skin may not be far away. But the ethical implications are enormous, says Roger Highfield.
12 Feb 2008

Raj Persaud: Romance survey
Raj Persaud sifts through the intriguing results of our online survey into relationships and how to make them last.
12 Feb 2008

King penguin faces extinction due to climate change
The prospect that the King Penguin will go extinct as a result of climate warming is rising inexorably, scientists say today. By Roger Highfield.
11 Feb 2008

Tiny flying reptile with 10 inch wingspan found
Palaeontologists have found a tiny flying reptile that, with a wingspan of less than 10 inches, is the smallest relative of the largest flying creature ever, writes Roger Highfield.
11 Feb 2008

Exotic sex lives of oysters revealed
In keeping with their supposed aphrodisiac properties, a study has revealed that oysters have exotic sex lives, with females and males producing thousands of types of eggs and sperm. By Roger Highfield.
11 Feb 2008

Machine that can taste coffee invented
Expert coffee tasters could soon be out of work thanks to the discovery of a mechanical method of evaluating the drink's flavour.
11 Feb 2008

Napoleon didn't die from arsenic poisoning
Definitive evidence that Napoleon did not die of arsenic poisoning is published today, writes Roger Highfield.
11 Feb 2008

Self-cleaning wool and silk developed using nanotechnology
Good news for those who hate washing socks, are worried about hygiene or resent spending money on dry cleaning: self cleaning forms of wool and silk have been developed with the help of nanotechnology. By Roger Highfield.
11 Feb 2008

Monkeys can recognise who is talking
Roger Highfield describes work that shows the ancient origins of spoken language.
11 Feb 2008

Dr. Roger's science experiments include levitating and the eggcam

Sir David Attenborough sticks a dart into a dartboar

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