Sex, violence and sneaky tactics
In the dead of night, a detachment of aphaenogaster ants embarks on a covert mission. Its target is a colony of harvester ants (pictured top) that has arrived in the aphaenogasters' corner of New...
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The institute of bad ideas
A man on the moon - Nasa; Thatcherite free market economics - Institute of Economic Affairs; the atomic bomb - Manhattan Project; the genetic code of humanity - Human Genome Project; pet varnish -...
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'You're starting to stutter. Try to stop immediately'
More than 60 years ago, a theory on speech was tested on orphans. The evidence that was gathered is now being studied by lawyers, not scientists. Stephen Phillips reports In January 1939, a 22-year-...
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Campus curiosities 17: Tunnels
Their existence is often whispered about in campus folklore. But there really are subterranean passageways meandering under many universities, their presence betrayed by a locked door, an air shaft...
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The daredevil hunters who dice with death for a rare dinner
Harriet Swain joins the fungi foragers who risk their taste buds and kidneys in pursuit of treasure Pah. Nick Jardine spits out the nibble of pink and white mushroom violently onto the forest floor....
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Finalised texts of Council decisions on signing and adoption of EU-Ukraine cooperation agreement on civil global navigation satellite system (link)
Brussels, 9 November 2005 Full text of Document 13240/05 Suite of documents 13240/05 Subject: COUNCIL DECISION on the signing, on behalf of the Community, of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil...
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GALILEO: finishing touches before the launch of the first satellite in December
Brussels, 9 November 2005 During a ceremony organised by the European Space Agency and the Dutch government at the European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the first GALILEO...
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Research and Joint Research/Atomic Questions Working Party: agenda - 10 November
Brussels, 9 November 2005 Full text of Document 3950/05 Subject: RESEARCH AND JOINT RESEARCH/ATOMIC QUESTIONS WORKING PARTY Date: Thursday 10 November 2005 - 10h00 Venue: COUNCIL JUSTUS LIPSIUS...
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EU invests 12 million euro to take the ATTACK to cancer
Brussels, 09 Nov 2005 A new research project is being launched with nearly 12 million euro of Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) funding, with the aim of better understanding how cancer cells are able...
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Doctoral workshop: research methodologies and techniques
Brussels, 09 Nov 2005 A doctoral workshop on research methodologies and techniques in the field of entrepreneurship, innovation and finance will take place in Ghent, Belgium, from 5 to 9 December....
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Open symposium on a European strategy for particle physics, France
Brussels, 09 Nov 2005 The first open symposium on a European strategy for particle physics will take place in Orsay, France, from 30 January to 1 February 2006. The symposium is organised by the CERN...
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Nutrigenomics and health: from vision to food, Denmark
Brussels, 09 Nov 2005 The Danish Centre for Advanced Food Studies is organising the LMC International Food Congress 2006 at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL) in Denmark on March...
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Study on innovative ICT SMEs in Europe
Brussels, 09 Nov 2005 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for a study on innovative small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) working in the information and communication...
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Lichen survives in Space
Paris, 09 Nov 2005 One of the main focuses in the search for living organisms on other planets and the possibilities for transfer of life between planets currently centres on bacteria, due to the...
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Venus Express en route to probe the planet's hidden mysteries
Paris, 09 Nov 2005 The European spacecraft Venus Express has been successfully placed into a trajectory that will take it on its journey from Earth towards its destination of the planet Venus, which...