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  Older mothers may be more prone to depression than younger women

  22 Feb 2012:

  Preliminary study suggests risk of depression is five times as high among women who have children later in life

• Why the weight is so hard to shift: guidelines have been wrong all along

  21 Feb 2012:

  Scientists say unrealistic weight loss targets issued because of a failure to allow for changes to metabolism as weight drops off

• Whales and dolphins 'should have legal rights'

  21 Feb 2012:

  Campaign for intelligent marine mammals to have right to life, which would protect them from hunters and captivity

• Vocabulary tests on two-year-olds can identify those who will be late talkers

  20 Feb 2012:

  Children who can speak 50 words or fewer at age two may benefit from early language therapy, say researchers

• Open hospital windows to stem spread of infections, says microbiologist

  20 Feb 2012: AAAS meeting told to take a leaf out of Florence Nightingale book and allow in air, and microbes, to control nasty pathogens

• Attacks paid for by big business are 'driving science into a dark era'

  19 Feb 2012:

  Researchers attending one of the world's major academic conferences 'are scared to death of the anti-science lobby'

• Fasting can help protect against brain diseases, scientists say

  18 Feb 2012:

  Claim that giving up almost all food for one or two days a week can counteract impact of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

• 'Mobile nature reserves' could save marine species from extinction

  18 Feb 2012:

  Under the plans, trawlers would avoid stretches of ocean when endangered species are mating, spawning or passing through

• Vaccine developed to protect against norovirus or 'winter vomiting bug'

  17 Feb 2012: A vaccine for norovirus, which is highly infectious and is difficult to kill by cleaning, could be availabe within five years

• Video games improve sight in adults born with a rare eye disorder

  17 Feb 2012:

  Study challenges view that video games are bad for sight and suggests the brain can be trained to overcome some conditions

• Tighten fracking regulations, scientists urge US officials

  16 Feb 2012:

  Influential group calls on regulators to ensure safe handling of toxic fluids used in controversial hydraulic fracturing

• Did this auditory illusion inspire the builders of Stonehenge?

  Audio (50 sec), 16 Feb 2012:

  A researcher has linked a form of auditory interference to the layout of the ancient monument on Salisbury Plain

• Microchip implant delivers timed drug doses to patients with osteoporosis

  16 Feb 2012:

  Successful trial is a step towards an implantable 'pharmacy-on-a-chip' for treating other long-term conditions

• Stonehenge was based on a 'magical' auditory illusion, says scientist

  16 Feb 2012:

  The layout of Stonehenge matches the spacing of loud and quiet sounds created by acoustic interference, new theory claims

• Science Weekly podcast: AAAS 2011, drugs and the sound of the stars

  Audio (36min 11sec), 28 Feb 2011:

  The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plus, the sound of the stars

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