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MSNBC
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Someday, researchers will be able to order up living human cells afflicted with the genetic flaw they need to study. Gene-splicers will be able to correct the flawed code that causes diseases. And if you're struggling with one of those diseases yourself,..
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BBC News
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Almost 80% of the Earth's surface has experienced a sharp fall in the number of large mammals as a result of human activities, a study suggests.
By examining records dating back to AD1500, US researchers found that at least 35% of mammals over 20kg had..
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MSNBC
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The Oregon announcement is very welcome news if you suffer from diabetes, nerve damage, paralysis or heart failure. Cloning human embryos using the Oregon technique should jump-start embryonic stem cell research using your own cells to get the process goi..
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MSNBC
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A new study of a skeleton of a member of a race of three-foot-tall ‘hobbits’ who lived 12,000 years ago in Indonesia shows that they were a species of human—and that the evolutionary path to Homo sapiens has been tortuous indeed.
It was an astoni..
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BBC News
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Scientists in Spain say that they have found a tooth from a distant human ancestor that is more than one million years old.
The tooth, a pre-molar, was discovered on Wednesday at the Atapuerca site in northern Spain's Burgos Province.
It represented..
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BBC News
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A close-up view of the human genome has revealed its innermost workings to be far more complex than first thought.
The study, which was carried out on just 1% of our DNA code, challenges the view that genes are the main players in driving our biochemis..
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New Scientist
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Human spoken language may have evolved from a currency of hand and arm gestures, not simply through improvements in the basic vocalisations made by primates.
This "gesture theory" of language evolution has been given weight by new findings showing that..
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BBC News
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A new book reveals how recent research has uncovered a goldmine of information about the history of human habitation in Britain.
Here, Homo britannicus author Chris Stringer describes how efforts to search for evidence of early Britons were hampered by..
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BBC News
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British scientists have grown part of a human heart from stem cells for the first time.
Heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub, who led the team, said doctors could be using artificially grown heart components in transplants within three years.
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Yahoo News
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The arch of an eyebrow or the curve of a lip tells chimps a lot about each other, a finding that may give scientists new understanding about the evolution of human communication, researchers reported on Friday.
Human faces can be easy to read, but some..
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BBC News
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A drink of milk was off the menu for Europeans until only a few thousand years ago, say researchers from London.
Analysis of Neolithic remains, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests no European adults could digest the drink at th..
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Times Online
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One of the most devastating types of mental illness could be a by-product of the evolution of human beings’ uniquely sophisticated intelligence, a new genetic study has suggested. Scientists have discovered that a common version of a particular gene..
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BBC News
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The tiny skeletal remains of human "Hobbits" found on an Indonesian island belong to a completely new branch of our family tree, a study has found...
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BBC News
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Scientists have made a breakthrough in their understanding of the genetics behind human eye colour...
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MSNBC
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A startling discovery of 70,000-year-old artifacts and a python's head carved of stone appears to represent the first known human rituals...
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Science Blogs
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What the hell? How can the BBC News publish this tripe? "But in the nearer future, humans will evolve in 1,000 years into giants between 6ft and 7ft tall, he predicts, while life-spans will have extended to 120 years, Dr Curry claims."..
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BBC News
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A human egg has been filmed in close-up emerging from the ovary for the first time, captured by chance during a routine operation.
Fertile women release one or more eggs every month, but until now, only animal ovulation has been recorded in detail...
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BBC News
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The UK's longstanding opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, the European Space Agency (Esa) says.
Officials made it clear at the start of a recruitment drive in London that Britons were very welcome to appl..
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BBC News
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MPs are to debate controversial government proposals to change the law on the use of human embryos.
Warnings of a rebellion mean Labour MPs will get a free vote on issues that include allowing embryos to be created using human DNA and animal cells...
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BBC News
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Ancient humans started down the path of evolving into two separate species before merging back into a single population, a genetic study suggests.
The genetic split in Africa resulted in distinct populations that lived in isolation for as much as 100,0..
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