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  Form Follows Family -- Not Function: Humans and Chimpanzees Have Similar Long Bone Shape

  October 4, 2011 — Although humans and chimpanzees move quite differently, muscle attachment sites at their thighbones are similar. This result has major consequences for the interpretation of fossil hominin ... > full story
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  Romance Scams Online Hit Hundreds of Thousands of Victims, UK Study Finds

  September 27, 2011 — New online research reveals that over 200,000 people living in Britain may have fallen victim to online romance scams -- far more than had been previously estimated. The study is believed to be the ... > full story
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  Scanner Spies Document Secrets

  September 26, 2011 — A scanner which combines the convenience of a desktop scanner with the functionality of a powerful laboratory imaging device has been developed and is now being ... > full story
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  Public Image of Chemistry: Breaking Chemistry's Bad Rap

  September 26, 2011 — A new show "Breaking Bad" makes chemistry entertaining but is not improving chemistry's tarnished public image, according to a new ... > full story
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  CSI: Microbial Version Without PCR

  September 21, 2011 — Researchers have developed PCR-free techniques for identifying the most active microbial populations in samples based on the PhyloChip, a high-density DNA microarray. These new techniques will be ... > full story
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  Health-Based Approach May Help ID Groups at Risk of Genocide

  September 19, 2011 — Researchers in the U.S. are proposing a health-based approach to identifying groups at high risk of genocide, in a first-of-its-kind attempt to target international efforts to stop these mass ... > full story
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  Genetic Defect That Leaves Some Without Fingerprints: Researchers Trace Cause to Rare Mutation

  September 19, 2011 — Adermatoglypia, which leaves some individuals without fingerprints, is an exceedingly rare condition. Now researchers have traced the cause of the condition to a genetic mutation that affects only ... > full story
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  New Technique for Dating Silk

  September 13, 2011 — For the first time, scientists have developed a fast and reliable method to date silk. This new technique, which is based on capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry, has great potential to ... > full story

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  Groundbreaking DNA Tests Could Trap Deer Poachers

  September 9, 2011 — Human DNA found on deer remains could help to track down poachers. Identifying deer poachers can be problematic, as the crimes are often committed in remote areas and are not discovered until some ... > full story
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  Studies Question Effectiveness of Sex Offender Laws

  August 30, 2011 — Two new studies cast doubt on whether sex offender registry and notification laws actually work as ... > full story

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