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/ 3 June 2008

Dissection software saves lab animals

It’s not just concern for the squeamish biology students who wince at the feel of cutting into a formaldehyde-soaked animal. Think about the frog. The pig. Or even the rat. That’s what animal rights activists in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle had in mind when they donated interactive software that replicates a frog dissection to a high school.

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/ 14 September 2007

Northern lights seem rather dim

A week into the Rugby World Cup and, if you believe the headlines in New Zealand and South Africa, the Webb Ellis Trophy is already heading back to the southern hemisphere. After defeat for France in Paris on the opening day and less than impressive wins against the minnows for England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, the northern hemisphere is merely making up the numbers.