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• 'Chemical compass' created

  Lab work proves reactions can be influenced by the Earth's weak magnetic field.

  30 April 2008

• Where have all the seals gone?

  Researchers clash over killer whales' role in 'megafaunal collapse'.

  29 April 2008

• Merck accused of disguising its role in research

  Drug company used ghost-writers for papers published on Vioxx trials.

  15 April 2008

• Sediments reveal past blasts

  New method evaluates past meteorite strikes from changes in sea chemistry.

  10 April 2008

• Chemical weapons agency shifts focus

  Diplomats ponder the dangers posed by the drug industry.

  08 April 2008

• Gold necklace reveals early 'bling'

  Oldest gold status symbols from Americas unearthed in Peru.

  31 March 2008

• The man who whipped chocolate

  Daniel Cressey talks to Herv� This, one of the inventors of the science of culinary transformations.

  25 March 2008

• �130-million cut to grants hits UK physical scientists

  Researchers fear job cuts.

  20 March 2008

• Adverse drug reactions a big killer

  Bad reactions to pharmaceuticals account for 3% of deaths in Sweden.

  17 March 2008

• A recipe for food evolution

  Researchers apply statistics to cookery books in different cultures.

  07 March 2008