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What we could learn from Yasser Arafat's exhumation
By David Ranson
The remains of Yasser Arafat have been exhumed for “special testing” to determine whether he died from poisoning by a radioactive element or natural causes.
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Trading chemistry for ecology with poo transplants
By Dyani Lewis
As simple as the procedure sounds, we don’t yet fully understand how faecal transplants work.
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NASA's Curiosity shows there's more to life than life
By Kevin Orrman-Rossiter and Helen Maynard-Casely
The Curiosity rover has landed on Mars, driven around, and started reporting integrated science results.
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Just out of Curiosity, did life on Earth come from Mars?
By Jonathan Borwein and David H. Bailey
In an announcement on 3 December 2012, NASA poured cold water on rumours that its Curiosity rover had found life on Mars.
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Alert: you may be living in a simulated universe
By Geraint Lewis
Are our lives real or is the universe just an enormous computer simulation?
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Caring for Giants of the Deep
By South Australian Museum
The South Australian Museum's marine mammals team will study parts of a minke whale that has washed up at Ceduna on the state's west coast.
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Drawing ahead of cancer
By Science in Public
Mark Shackleton has been awarded the Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year.
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The physics of a gas-powered world
By Science in Public
Eric May has been awarded the 2012 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year.
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Astronomer Wins PM's Prize
By Science in Public
Ken Freeman's research has made a galactic impact.
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Historical treasures in a modern pest: the Black Rat story
By Angela Lush
The genome of the Black Rat will provide a clearer picture of its role in spreading disease, and will help policymakers prepare for possible outbreaks in the future.
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