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Science: How a protein can pull the wool over a sheep’s eyes
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A home fit for platypuses?
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Technology: Robot senses the movement of the seas
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On the saving of the species: No one knows how many million species exist on Earth or how to save them all. But scientists agree that extinction is not just a biological problem
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Legal straitjacket could drive psychiatry underground
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New life for old forest: As loggers and environmentalists battle over North America’s ancient forests, a new philosophy is emerging. Canadian scientists are rewriting the ecological rules, with far-reaching consequences for the forestry of the future
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Can koalas bear the twentieth century?: Cuteness is no protection from disease. Nor, it seems, does it offer immunity from the ravages of urban development, logging and agriculture. Without help, the koala could disappear altogether
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Science: An electric solution to losing your hair
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World’s largest buffalo herd under threat
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Science: Older mothers have more left-handed babies
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Patient denied rights to own tissue
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Science: Step-wise extinctions preceded demise of dinosaurs
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