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Breast cancer prevention drug gives lasting protection, study finds
Taking the cancer drug tamoxifen for five years drives down the incidence of breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease by close to 30%, researchers have found. […]
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Genome Digest
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
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Did a massive asteroid impact spark life on Earth?
Researchers have recreated a split-second impact of a meteor with primoridal Earth, and shown how the 3.5-megaton collision might have reorganized common molecules into some of the early building blocks […]
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Where’s the proof in science? There is none
What do we actually mean by research and how does it help inform our understanding of things? Those people looking for proof to come from any research in science will […]
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Cows with human chromosomes enlisted to fight hantavirus
A team led by researchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Frederick, Maryland, has used genetically engineered cows to produce large amounts of human antibodies […]
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How People Make Summer Hotter
Researchers wired Madison, Wisc., to get a better grasp of the urban heat island effect
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Face blindness – when you can’t recognise a familiar face
In a winning essay for the Wellcome Trust science writing prize, Kate Szell reports on research into prosopagnosia – face blindness
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Why Doesn’t Everyone Believe Humans Are Causing Climate Change?
Only 40% of Americans attribute global warming to human activity, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll. This, despite decades of scientific evidence and the fact that Americans generally […]
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Body’s bacteria may keep our brains healthy
The microbes that live in your body outnumber your cells 10 to one. Recent studies suggest these tiny organisms help us digest food and maintain our immune system. Now, researchers […]
