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Crowds 'pick leaders to follow'
People behave like sheep when they evacuate a building in an emergency, blindly following one or two people who seem to know what they are doing.
14 Feb 2008
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Man's effect on world's oceans revealed
Almost half of the world's oceans have been seriously affected by over-fishing, pollution and climate change, according to a major study of Man's impact on marine life.
14 Feb 2008
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Embryo free way to make cells 'safe'
Evidence that it should be possible to take skin cells and safely turn them into embryonic like cells to treat a vast range of diseases is published today. By Roger Highfield.
14 Feb 2008
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World's most accurate clock unveiled
The most accurate atomic clock of its kind is unveiled today, marking a new leap forward in efforts to synchronise telecom networks and deep-space communications, as well improve the accuracy of navigation around the world.
14 Feb 2008
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Doctoral prance shows scientists can dance
Any normal person would struggle to understand a doctoral thesis written by a scientist. Now the power of dance has been recruited in a bold attempt to shed new light on the darkest recesses of research. By Roger Highfield.
14 Feb 2008
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British manned space flight is 'wishful thinking'
The Government's announcement that it could one day send astronauts into space has been attacked as wishful thinking that poses a new threat to British astronomy, which has been plunged into crisis by a funding shortfall.
14 Feb 2008
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Britain 'may send astronauts into space'
Two decades after deciding to focus on unmanned missions and specialist robot technology, the Government is rethinking its approach towards manned space exploration.
14 Feb 2008
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T rex's fearsome relatives revealed
Two meat-eating dinosaurs - named "old hidden face" and "fierce-eyed dawn shark" - have been uncovered in the Sahara and reveal how T rex had some serious competition when it came to being the most feared predator.
14 Feb 2008
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Clothing that could power your iPod
The ultimate in power dressing has been devised by scientists: fibres built using nanotechnology that can generate electricity when they are twisted, bent and moved, writes Roger Highfield.
13 Feb 2008
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Chaos wrecks the balance of nature
The effects of global warming on the life on planet Earth are impossible to predict over the long term, according to a study that has found chaos at work among tiny marine creatures from the Baltic. By Roger Highfield.
13 Feb 2008
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Device mimics black hole event horizon
A team of researchers in Scotland has been able to boldly go where science fiction writers have only dreamt of visiting - inside the maw of a black hole, to crack some of the deepest mysteries of the cosmos. By Roger Highfield.
13 Feb 2008
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The prospect that the King Penguin will become extinct as a result of climate warming is rising inexorably, scientists say |
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