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27.10.2009, 13:15
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Biologists have discovered a previously unknown cancer-preventing mechanism, which seems to make naked mole rats immune to disease.
18.07.2009, 01:36
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Life on Earth is under a serious threat. World leaders fail to reverse the trend by 2010 despite commitments made in 2002.
16.06.2009, 08:03
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With the rapid progress of biotechnology and with more genomes being deciphered in full, scientists begin to speculate that someday we may be able to help bring extinct species back into existence.
14.10.2010, 16:51
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The Kremlin security service is seeking to disprove the online report about a live worm being served to a guest at a Kremlin reception. If the tweet is found to be fake, the poster may be in trouble.
20.10.2009, 10:48
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After being hit by a car, a dog called Toozik lost the use of his back legs. Thanks to the care of Russian vets, two wheels have given him a new lease of life, and that life has now taken him to America.
13.09.2010, 06:31
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A Russian scientist says he has beaten the problem of aging and in just a few years the medicine that stops it will go on sale.
20.05.2009, 14:27
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Conversations about the swine flu tend to revolve around who has it, where it has appeared, what the symptoms are, and how to prevent it. But there's little conversation about the risks and havoc of the swine flu online.
20.11.2009, 17:40
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Survivors of the deadly epidemic of prion disease kuru, which was transmitted through cannibalistic rituals, share a particular genetic mutation. Researchers call it a striking example of human evolution in action.
28.01.2010, 15:12
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The image of notorious Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who was said to take baths filled with the blood of virgins to regain her youth, may have some scientific basis.
09.06.2009, 02:44
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A unique operation has been carried out in Moscow, in Bakulev’s Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, considered the number one heart center in the world, to treat a life threatening heart rhythm disorder.
Published: 23 July, 2009, 12:33
Edited: 09 February, 2010, 02:41
A new study has proven wrong the assumption that chimpanzees that carry an HIV-like virus do not get sick from it.
Dear Writer of "RT"(William), I am a fifth grader at Tommie Barfield Elementary School. Iam doing a project on chimpanzees what do you think I should write?(By the way this is a very cool information page!) Thanks. Sincerely, Curious KJ
Our governments need to band together behind the UN and send billions of dollars worth of chimp condoms to Africa.