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Mast Cells might help process Venom

Mouse mast cells may be instrumental in breaking down some venoms

Watching explosions on the surface of a "dying" white dwarf star

Brain implant turns thoughts into actions for a paralysed man to control a mechanical hand

Will a new blood test for BSE also lead to a test for the human form, CJD?

Global warming will reduce agricultural crop yields more than predicted in the tropics

Personal decoration might date back 100,000 years, much longer than previously thought

"Ever-young" gene allows an adult cell to rewind to its embryonic stem cell state

Asteroid Itokawa is a pile of rubble and boulders, not solid rock

Chimpanzees in Cameroon identified as the source of the original HIV infection in humans

Genetic evidence shows our human and chimpanzee ancestors were closer for longer