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What fruit flies’ intestines tell us about obesity and ageing

9 December, 2011

Research into the guts of flies may redefine the way we think about our own underappreciated bowels.

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Where’s the future for big pharma?

6 December, 2011

The game has changed for big pharmaceutical companies, writes Daryl Ilbury, and they’re now looking at the challenges of emerging markets.

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Paracetamol mystery solved

6 December, 2011
Paracetamol mystery solved

Despite years of worldwide and widespread use, it is only now that researchers have identified how paracetamol works inside the body.

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Wikileaks launches Spy Files documenting a worldwide mass surveillance industry

6 December, 2011

Kate Adams discovers that your mobile phone is a tracking device that happens to make phone calls

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Is playing God the answer to climate change?

4 December, 2011

The recent postponement of a geoengineering experiment in the UK highlights the growing debate on whether geoengineering could be the Pandora’s box of the climate change problem.

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