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Eating plenty of nuts, fruit and fish may cut risk of getting oestrogen-receptor-negative cancer, Dutch research finds
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Artificial mouse cells grown from outside body in a blob of gel shown to morph into primitive embryos, roughly equivalent to one third of way through pregnancy
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Medical researchMedical researchMediterranean diet may reduce risk of form of breast cancer – studyEating plenty of nuts, fruit and fish may cut risk of getting oestrogen-receptor-negative cancer, Dutch research finds
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PhysicsPhysicsSir Peter Mansfield: the 11-plus failure who won a Nobel prizeLetters: Proponents of this socially divisive examination will object to the use of such anecdotes to attack it, but anecdotes about the odd unprivileged child going to a grammar school are all that they offer us to justify it
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Two metal-detecting friends have unearthed a hoard of iron age gold jewellery in a Staffordshire field
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The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates by Barry Berkovitz and Peter Shellis offers a unique look at teeth, from the hardened skin rasps of the lamprey to the fangs of the rattlesnake
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The find has widely excited the astronomy community because of its implications in the hunt for alien life beyond the solar system
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SpaceX successfully launches a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida on Sunday on a resupply mission to the International Space Station
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Astronauts throw an American football around the International Space Station on Saturday to mark the upcoming Super Bowl LI on Sunday
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A set of pictures from US space programme, including the first moon landing images, could fetch up to £20,000 at a New York auction next month
Sell high calorie foods in plain packaging to beat obesity, says Brain Prize winner