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Giant rabbit lost its hop
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Mar 2011
A giant rabbit that lost its ability to hop lived on the island of Minorca millions of years ago sa…

From sea squirt to human tissue
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Mar 2011
Once again, Nature has proved a great source of inspiration – this time it’s the sea squirt, whose …

Oxfordshire company scoops two Rushlight Awards
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2011
An Oxfordshire company scooped two awards and was highly commended at the annual Rushlight award ce…

Forecasting the Sun’s future
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Mar 2011
Astronomers sifting through data from the Kepler telescope have discovered waves inside a star so d…

Decline of the physicists
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Mar 2011
Nearly 500 schools and colleges in England failed to enter a single candidate in A-level physics ac…

Silent witness reveals clues to crime
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2011
Did they jump or were they pushed? Questions like this can be difficult for the police to answer, b…

Malaria drug can combat cancer
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2011
An anti-malaria drug used in combination with cancer treatments can enhance its effectiveness by ov…

Master switch for inflammation
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Mar 2011
A master switch in certain white blood cells determines whether they promote or inhibit inflammatio…

Newborn mice heal broken heart
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2011
Move over zebrafish – newborn mammals can heal their hearts too say researchers in America.

Science proves Guinness better in Ireland
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2011
Its official – Guinness tastes better in Ireland say researchers who spent twelve months travelling…

Super star
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2011
Scientists studying the remnants of Cassiopeia A – a massive star that exploded 330 years ago – hav…

Caterpillars under threat metamorphasise early
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Mar 2011
Caterpillars that protect themselves from predators by regurgitating semi-digested cabbage pay for …

Large missions debated by ESA
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Mar 2011
Although 2020 is almost a decade away, the European Space Agency is busy debating which large missi…

Vision loss pinpointed and test developed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Mar 2011
Glaucoma threatens the sight of millions each year and one group of American scientists think they’…

Super speed broadband
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Mar 2011
Waiting for a website to load is annoying at the best of times but a new research project aimed at …

Learning increased with brain stimulation
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Mar 2011
Cerebral stimulation may be used to treat functional disorders of the brain thanks to research whic…

p63 – the cause of female infertility
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Mar 2011
Cancer treatment can often leave women infertile and researchers in Germany believe they have begun…

Blue cheeses under the microscope
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Mar 2011
Blue cheeses are going under the microscope as scientists in the East Midlands try to figure out wh…

Goldilocks explains lack of dino tracks
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Mar 2011
The Goldilocks Effect – where all conditions have to be ‘just right’ – might explain why dinosaur t…

Hope for rare chameleon
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Mar 2011
A new population of a critically endangered Madagascan chameleon has been found on the island just …