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CSI boffins: You can't ID crims from bitemarks on victims

Corpse-chomp research discredits gnasherprinting

17 Sep 15:56

Rich people cannot feel pain, don't care if they're liked

And being skint makes you a crybaby, say profs

17 Sep 12:48

Human brain 'works like US presidential elections'

If only you could kill those with beer, too

15 Sep 16:11

Warning: Showers can seriously damage your health

Geeks proved right after all

15 Sep 13:56

NZ scientists identify giant, man-eating eagle

Legendary Te Hokioi really existed

14 Sep 11:07

Germans satisfy latex desire with GM dandelions

No more uncomfortable rashes - fungus plague forestalled

11 Sep 14:48

Scientists lay bare Irish potato famine blight

Phytophthora infestans genome sequenced

10 Sep 09:08

Pesticides fingered in UK honeybee wipeout

Further suspicion falls on neonicotinoids

9 Sep 11:49

Italian Army gets medi-telemetry earrings

DSEi 'Stop crying, Massimo. The system says you're fine'

8 Sep 13:49

Spider from Mars Malaysia dubbed David Bowie

Eight legs, but boy can he play guitar?

7 Sep 15:25

Explorers unearth cat-sized rat

Papua New Guinea volcano-dwelling beast

7 Sep 11:37

Texan confronts the legendary chupacabras

Sinister goat sucker or mangy coyote?

3 Sep 10:42

Database billionaire trampled by elephant

Serious injuries for Siebel

3 Sep 09:48

Huge 'vampyrus' bats being hunted to extinction

Tagged aerial scrumper study: Batshit crisis looming

26 Aug 12:47

US 'grooming robot' to reduce navy bottom-fouling

'Ensuring dominance and reducing dirty emissions'

25 Aug 11:02

Aussie birds 'desperate to copulate with brainy males'

Bit of a desert out there, Sheila

24 Aug 15:03

Microsoft goes Darwinian with evolutionary tree patent

Multiplication tables next

21 Aug 22:44

Zombie plague analysed by Canadian maths prof

Quarantine, cure no good - violence is only hope

18 Aug 11:43

Government stamp of approval for fake weed

Whaaat? It actually works?

12 Aug 12:03

Brain-jacking fungus turns living victims into 'zombies'

Makes them hang from trees as horror nest-womb cocoons

12 Aug 11:15

Noxious algae menace Brittany beaches

Gas local horse, locals kick up a stink

11 Aug 11:11

Boffins test cancer-stinging 'nano-bee' swarms in mice

No risk of zombie-plague side effects, seemingly

11 Aug 09:40

Docs wire up world's first internet-connected pacemaker

Beware the Ping O' Death

10 Aug 13:55

Bill Gates-funded boffins develop anti-AIDS stealth condom

Crafty polymer gel 'solidifies' in presence of sperm

10 Aug 12:15

First success for vulture breeding programme

Carrion breeding

6 Aug 12:13

China seals town after plague deaths

Virulent, rare disease

3 Aug 17:31

German boffins create 'flight simulator for flies'

Boche blowflies enjoy wraparound immersive VR

3 Aug 10:49

Irish charity gets millions from Gates Foundation

Five year project

29 Jul 12:10

Tokyo battles monstrous murder of crows

'They have returned', admits shaken crowfinder general

27 Jul 14:41

Swedish lesbians suck sperm banks dry

Duff man juice also adding to chronic shortage

24 Jul 11:58

Optical add-on turns cameraphone into mobile lab

Strap-on microscope to help analyse bodily fluids

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Mysterious organic blobs found in Alaskan waters

Everyone out of the pool

16 Jul 22:00

World's oldest mum pops clogs

Has twins at 67, dies at 70*

15 Jul 14:17

MPs decry lack of honeybee action

Defra needs stinging into action

14 Jul 09:00

Cats mix baby 'cry' with purr to score dinner

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14 Jul 00:21

Hurt yourself? Try f**king swearing

Cussing relieves pain, psychologists confirm

13 Jul 10:14

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