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Letter: Richard Dawkins on the Royal Society rowBefore Michael Reiss stepped down as director of education for the Royal Society, Dawkins sent New Scientist his thoughts on the creationism row that blew up last week
Russia may help Cuba build space centreThe head of Russia's space agency says the two countries might also share space communications systems
16:50 17 September 2008
Vatican says it does not owe Darwin an apologyAs the Church of England apologises for the way Darwin's ideas were received, the Vatican accepts Darwin's theory but doesn't say sorry
15:24 17 September 2008
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Invention: Oil-sands digesterBreaking down sticky oil sands when they are underground allows them to be pumped to the surface like normal crude, says a patent application
14:46 17 September 2008
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Food companies reject clones over consumer fearsSeveral major food companies, including Nestlé and Kraft, say they won't use cloned animal products, despite FDA approval
14:24 17 September 2008
Rare parrot needs the right feed to breedPutting the endangered New Zealand kakapo on a version of the Atkins diet may not help it to lay eggs after all
10:30 17 September 2008
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Crows make monkeys out of chimps in mental test
00:01 17 September 2008
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Letter: Richard Dawkins on the Royal Society row
18:52 16 September 2008
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Royal Society prof resigns over comments
Updated 16:40 17 September 2008
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The origins of willpowerEvery day we battle to defeat temptation and make the best long-term choices. Helen Phillips discovers the art of self-control
Could the diabetes epidemic be down to pollution?Greed and sloth aren't off the hook, but the main cause could be far harder to avoid, says Phyllida Brown
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Melting awayAs the Arctic ice reaches its summer minimum we look at what's behind the long-term melt
Ike devastationThese photos show Texas's Bolivar Peninsula on 9 and 15 September, before and after Hurricane Ike struck
Evolution before lifeA crude form of natural selection probably existed in the primordial soup, before life arose on Earth
 
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Linda Geddes presents spyplanes that transport blood, waving bees and the first images from the LHC
Happy but dumb?Miserable kids do better than happy counterparts in cognitive tests, say researchers
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