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Touting for public funding online – scientists join the ranks of crowd-funded industries
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Conflicting studies reveal that arsenic appears not to be fundamental to life
Particle found at CERN, is it the Higgs boson?
Doctors are developing a way of injecting oxygen directly into the blood of patients
Previously supressed work into how H5N1 could spread between humans is published.
Sequencing the genome of the bonobo, the ape that makes love not war
Siting part of SKA radio telescope in South Africa puts continent on scientific map.
The Transit of Venus will occur next week, the last time until 2117.
Researchers have developed a way to identify where fish were caught using a DNA sample.
A new catalogue of all the mutations of different breast cancers could improve treatment.
Research shows that species not seen for years could benefit from natural disasters.
The European Space Agency has given the go ahead for its next mission to Jupiter's moons
With the launch of the first privately funded vehicle to the ISS, we look at the industry
Is fracking, a way of extracting oil and gas, safe? Two new reports answers some issues
Can baboons read? A new study shows they can recognise some words.
New evidence confirms CO2 preceded global warming at end of last ice age.
A commonly used pesticide significantly affects bumble bees and honey bees
Data from the Mercury Messenger missions hints at ice at the planet's poles.
The remains of a possibly previously unknown early human relative have been found in China
The Antarctic is under threat from invading plants brought in as seeds on clothing
Scientists have discovered how a type of worm appears to be able to 'live forever'
The famous speeding neutrinos may be speeding no more, hear what might be wrong.
The US Space Agency NASA has slashed spending on Mars missions in its proposed budget
Russian scientists have reached the water of Lake Vostock in Antarctica, say reports
Chemists develop a way of increasing malaria drug production which could see prices drop
Enormous fresh water dome in Arctic Ocean discovered, which could impact European climate.
Forests store huge amounts of carbon and the Amazon may now be changing to a carbon source
Deep water currents moved oil-consuming bacteria around
What will be the big science discoveries in 2012? Predictions in physics and chemistry.
Space: what happened in 2011 and what can we expect for 2012?
