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Legal Questions Mount Amid San Francisco Rape Kit DNA Case

The San Francisco police crime lab's use of a sexual assault victim’s DNA against her in an unrelated case is being criticized by law enforcement, legal experts, lawmakers and advocates.

Flies have more sophisticated cognitive abilities than previously thought, study finds

Study throws light on formation, distractibility, and eventual fading of a memory trace in fly’s brain

Study finds how lizard tails are sturdy at regular times but detach easily when needed

Findings may lead to novel designs to solve adhesion challenges in robotics and prosthetics

Brain’s processing speed remains high until age of 60, study finds

Slow response time after 20 attributed mainly to increases in decision caution and slower body movement, scientists say

‘Black Death’ may not have killed half of Europe as previously believed, study finds

Parts of Poland, the Baltic countries, and central Spain may have experienced ‘much lighter touch’ of pandemic, research suggests

How your brain wrestles with the ethics of eating animals

Despite the fact that meat comes wrapped up in climate, health and cruelty concerns, many of us happily continue with our carnivorous habits. Sarah Gradidge and Magdalena Zawisza offer some answers as to why

How are cod evolving in response to overfishing?

Tom Cameron explains how ‘supergenes’ may have made cod become more resilient to environmental changes

Dogs can recognise owners by voice alone when they cannot use vision or smell to guide them

Canines recognise owners based on same voice properties humans use to identify each other

Woman is cured of HIV in huge breakthrough for virus treatment

Scientists may have cured HIV in a woman for the first time.

EPA Responds After HuffPost Investigates Gulf Chemical Dump: Nothing To See Here

With only a cursory review, the agency shut the door on studying or cleaning up old toxic waste barrels that litter the seafloor at active drilling sites.

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