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The not-so-seemples life: Meerkat survival impacted by inbreeding, study shows

MEERKATS do not live a seemples life, a study suggests - many of the furry desert animals are inbred, which impacts on their chances...

Phone app helps scientists gauge how you feel about yourself

A SMARTPHONE app has been developed by behavioural scientists to record how people’s perceptions of themselves vary from day to day. The program will give...

World’s biggest stroke clot-buster trial reveals patient benefits

PATIENTS given a clot-busting drug within six hours of a stroke are more likely to make a better recovery than those who do not...

Tragic 22-year-old sports student dies of heart attack

A TRAGIC sports student who jogged every day has died of a heart attack aged just 22. Gael Mackinnon collapsed on Sunday morning after a...

Pulitzer prize winning author Shortlisted for Britain’s oldest book award

A LEADING scholar whose biography of civil rights activist Malcolm X was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize has been shortlisted for Britain's oldest literary...

Scots university staff to save lives in the world’s poorest countries

MEDICAL staff from Scotland’s University of Edinburgh have been selected for a UK government volunteering scheme that will provide training on life-saving healthcare to...

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