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District 9: Science is the casualty in human-alien conflict
A new movie intriguingly turns the tables on the notion of alien overlords – but science quickly takes a back seat to explosions in this sci-fi film
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Your genome isn’t that precious – give it away
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The fat that makes you thin
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Earth
Extinct boobies return from the dead
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Bacteria make nanomagnets for navigating the oceans
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Defenceless rat proves knockout in lab
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‘Dostoevsky mice’ cured of epilepsy
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Feeding cancers softens them up for attack
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Evolution’s third replicator: Genes, memes, and now what?
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Get the best from your genes
If we're not careful, we could squander the great potential benefits of personal genomics
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Fertile mice created from skin cells
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Gene predictions tell an ever-changing story
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Brain cells have natural resistance to HIV
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Evolution machine speeds up search for better bugs
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