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Safer Gene Therapy Techniques
Safer techniques are being developed for delivering human gene therapies

Exoplanets and their 'wobbly' Stars
Discovery of exoplanets, small planets beyond our solar system

Desert Locusts form deadly Swarms
Why are locusts gathering in vast swarms across the Sahel region of Africa?

How a Salmon can spawn Trout
The salmon that spawns trout is the first animal of one species to give birth to another

Destination Mercury
Messenger is about to set off for Mercury, which it will orbit and observe for a year

Wild Chimpanzees dying from Anthrax
Concerns raised by the death of 9 of 79 wild chimpanzees from anthrax in the Ivory Coast

Multi-generational Relationships have made us Human
Humans have the evolutionary advantages of longevity and multigenerational relationships

Peat Bogs release rising levels of Carbon
Peat bogs are releasing more disolved organic carbon into rivers than ever before

Cassini-Huygens space probe reaches Saturn
Cassini-Huygens probe goes into orbit around Saturn after a seven-year journey

What's living under the Arctic ice?
Mapping biodiversity in the little-explored Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean