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Gut microbe may fight obesity and diabetes
Bacterium helps to regulate metabolism in mice. The gut is home to innumerable different bacteria — a complex ecosystem that has an active role in a…
Seafood diet killing Arctic foxes on Russian island
Mercury pollution in marine animals may be behind a population crash. An isolated population of Arctic foxes that dines only on marine animals seems to be…
Magic trick transforms conservatives into liberals
‘Choice blindness’ can induce voters to reverse their party loyalty. When US presidential candidate Mitt Romney said last year that he was not even going to…
Canada puts commercialization ahead of blue-sky research
Federal budget boosts clean-energy research and university infrastructure. Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty yesterday released the country’s 2013 budget, calling it “a plan for jobs, growth…
Slow science
The world’s longest-running experiments remind us that science is a marathon, not a sprint. Although science is a long-term pursuit, research is often practised over short…
Extreme prospects
High gold prices are making it worthwhile to look for gold in some unusual places. Demand has never been higher, but nearly all the easy gold…