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29.07.2010, 18:13
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Following a meeting on national priority projects, President Dmitry Medvedev has criticized officials via Twitter for too much talking and not enough action or practical proposals on solving problems.
29.05.2009, 02:37
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In an attempt to identify infant prodigies for further specialized training, authorities of the Chongqing municipality in south-western China have launched a program employing complex genetic tools.
11.06.2009, 14:06
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has demanded that a four-year-old-girl be saved from almost certain death. The girl’s parents, who are Jehovah's Witnesses, were preventing hospital doctors from treating her.
26.06.2009, 20:45
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Female genital mutilation, usually associated with Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia, is a growing problem in Europe. Despite criticism, the barbaric practice is thriving with more immigrants coming to Europe.
28.10.2009, 12:06
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A miracle or a simple hoax? Parents of a nine-month-old child claim their son has been marked by God, while doctors say the extracts from the Koran on his skin have nothing to do with divine intervention.
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.
04.05.2009, 15:13
The embryonic research debate looks set to explode as the UK announces proposals to allow couples to bank embryos to help cure them of life threatening illnesses, stressing how divided Europe is on embryo regulations.
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: 15 October, 2009, 10:47
Edited: 15 October, 2009, 14:01
Japanese scientists have managed to prove that a mother can transmit cancer to her fetus. Only a handful of such cases have been suspected, and none have been verified until now.
