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Medical adviser Michael Duncan says rescuing trapped miners is just the first step.(author unknown)

Hump backed reptile may have sported primitive plumage.(author unknown)

Earth moved in the Chilean quake where the strain was highest.(author unknown)

New research challenges idea that global warming will drive civil unrest.(author unknown)

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Can epigenetics underlie the enduring effects of a mother's love? Lizzie Buchen investigates the criticisms of a landmark study and the controversial field to which it gave birth.(author unknown)

Can epigenetics underlie the enduring effects of a mother's love? Lizzie Buchen investigates the criticisms of a landmark study and the controversial field to which it gave birth.(author unknown)

A controversial observation suggests that a constant of physics actually varies in space – it could explain why our corner of the cosmos is just right for life

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A Yale University experimental philosopher needs your help – take his online test if you want to find out how your mind works

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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: BP's report on the gulf spill, how to map the internet, and the shark soup massacre

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Mining your brain's fundamental response to cinematic action could make movies more moving

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The Large Hadron Collider could glimpse sparticles, diquarks and leptoquarks sooner than thought possible if new-found decay pathways are correct

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A project to drill a 10-kilometre-deep hole in China will provide the best view yet of the turbulent Cretaceous period. Jane Qiu reports.(author unknown)

A report from the Atlantic Explorer, from which the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences is trying to establish a data base for changes in the planet's oceans(author unknown)

Driverless cars are safer and they are the future, says Alberto Broggi, leader of an autonomous-vehicle expedition from Italy to China

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In their book Man and Shark, photographers Paul Hilton and Alex Hofford reveal the extent of the bloody trade in shark fins, says Clint Witchalls

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A long-awaited BP report lists eight reasons for the accident that caused its catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Crime scene investigators should take a closer look at the soil around a buried corpse to more accurately estimate when the person died

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A "conching" dolphin captured on film suggests the marine mammal uses the massive shell to trap and stun fish

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