Panda bites his third tourist in two years at Beijing zoo

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Mosquitoes make sweet love music

Sexy songs sung by mosquitoes in courtship could be key to curbing the spread of dengue fever, say scientists.

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Beagle hunter

On a mission to find the most famous ship of science

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Black holes 'preceded galaxies'

Astronomers believe they have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg question: what came first - black holes or galaxies?

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Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain

The planet Jupiter must have gained mass fast during its infancy, according to astronomers.

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Feilden's blog

Ground-breaking new technique in stem cell science

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Poetry or science?

Is romantic love just a chemical cocktail?

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Earth Watch

Why it is hard to predict sudden environmental crises

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Canadians claim South Pole record

A trio of Canadians claim a new record for the fastest trek across Antarctica to the South Pole.

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Zimbabwe troops 'eat elephants'

A Zimbabwean wildlife campaigner tells the BBC that soldiers are being given elephant meat to eat, as the economic crisis deepens.

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'Wolfman' returns

Explorer Jim McNeill tracks down Arctic wolves

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Our writers talk back

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Tech fair offers greener vision

Analysts at the Consumer Electronics Show say green credentials of tech products will become critical to success.

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Body repair 'could be ramped up'

A combination of drugs could trick the body into sending its repair mechanisms into overdrive, say scientists.

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First flight of algae-fuelled jet

Continental Airlines is the latest to test fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

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A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has mirrors for eyes

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has eyes which use mirrors as well as lenses, scientists discover.

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Eat it or lose it - why centuries of crop diversity are at risk

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

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Venomous mammal caught on camera

Rare footage of one of the world's most strange and elusive mammals is captured by scientists.

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Animal matters

Scotland's debate over tests on primates

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China alert over bird flu death

Chinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.

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US vows 'huge' marine protection

The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.

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Holes give edge to new armour

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

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Heat may spark world food crisis

Half the world's population could face food crisis by 2100 as soaring temperatures cripple staple crops, scientists warn.

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Everest trip helps critically ill

Blood oxygen levels recorded on a trip by medics to Everest could help the treatment of critically ill patients.

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Mummy of female pharaoh uncovered

Egyptologists find remains of a mummy thought to belong to a queen who ruled 4,300 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief announced.

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Bioarchaeology:

Ancient DNA May be Misleading Scientists

From News in Science. Ancient DNA in skeletons has a tendency to show damage in a particular region resulting in misleading genetic data and mistaken conclusions about the origin of the skeleton British scientists said.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s786146.htm

Archaeology and Palaeopathology

Provides a forum where students, professionals and interested members of the public can exchange information on all aspects of funerary, biological and forensic archaeology, medical and forensic anthropology, palaeopathology and related disciplines.

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Bioarchaeology

The laboratory specializes in excavations at prehistoric sites in Israel and the biohistory of the eastern Mediterranean people.

http://www.tau.ac.il/%7eanatom2/

Haemotaphonomy

Brief overview of research on red blood cell morphology in bloodstains and its application to archaeology and paleoanthropology.

http://www.angelfire.com/linux/haemotaphonomy/index.html

Paleopathology Association

Organization composed of researchers, scientists, and students from many fields, including physical anthropology, medicine, archaeology and egyptology, from around the world.

http://www.paleopathology.org/

Paleopatologia

Pisa University Division of Paleopathology sponsored board of articles and forum on the study of disease from prehistory to contemporary age.

http://www.paleopatologia.it

South Dakota Paleopathology

A paleopathology online database including material from the W.H. Over Collection of the University of South Dakota and the Crow Creek Massacre totaling over 400 images with descriptions.

http://www.usd.edu/~archlab/paleo.html

New Scientist: Ancient Ancestors had Tummy Bug Too

The stomach-infesting bacterium Helicobacter pylori has been living in humans for at least 11,000 years - much longer than previously thought, say US researchers. (November 4, 2002)

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3004