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Animals unquestionably kill members of their species, all the time. Male lions slaughter all the cubs when they join a new pride; rival ant colonies of the same species fight bloody wars;...

In the vacuum of space, aerofoils like those on planes are useless. Instead, propulsion and steering are achieved with rockets. With no air molecules to push on, you may wonder how the shuttle...

Bees, like all insects, have six sections to their legs: the coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, metatarsus and tarsus. Each is connected by a joint and the one most like a knee is between the femur...

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02/09/2010 - 14:35
After months of hard slog by the team and many a furrowed brow, Focus's Ultimate Gadget Guide is here. It's an all-encompassing guide to everything home technology, showing you what's out there and...
27/08/2010 - 11:26
We all know that a person with blue eyes has a gene telling them to have blue eyes, but new research is suggesting that the power of genes goes far beyond physical characteristics and deep into the...
26/08/2010 - 10:01
In the September issue of Focus, on sale now, I interview Tony DeRose, head of Pixar Animation Studios Research Group. He told me about how scientists get involved with bringing characters like...
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