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		<title>Dodos on a Diet</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought a photograph made you look fat? Well spare a thought for the Dodo. According to French researchers, portraits of Dodos (Raphus cucullatus) painted by seventeenth century artists may have added quite a few kilos. In fact, &#8230; <a href="http://hypothesisnow.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/0105-dodos-diet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hypothesisnow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7501225&amp;post=845&amp;subd=hypothesisnow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cold weather causes female butterflies to act like males</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the animal kingdom, men usually have to persuade, cajole or bribe their way into a lady’s favour, which means the males of many species cultivate gaudy displays to attract the females’ attention. Yet for one species of butterfly, the &#8230; <a href="http://hypothesisnow.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/0104-cold-weather-causes-female-butterflies-to-act-like-males/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hypothesisnow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7501225&amp;post=832&amp;subd=hypothesisnow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The woman who knows no fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fear keeps us alive; it primes our bodies to help us avoid or confront danger, and has been described as one of our ‘basic emotions’. But where does fear come from, and what would life be like if one were &#8230; <a href="http://hypothesisnow.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/0103-the-woman-who-knows-no/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hypothesisnow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7501225&amp;post=818&amp;subd=hypothesisnow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fossils created by a breath of wind</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have found that an icy wind may ultimately have been responsible for the creation of astoundingly well-preserved fossils found in the Soom Shale in South Africa. The rocks in the Soom Shale contain exceptionally well-preserved fossils of aquatic animals &#8230; <a href="http://hypothesisnow.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/0102-fossils-created-by-a-breath-of-wind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hypothesisnow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7501225&amp;post=810&amp;subd=hypothesisnow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>‘Polka-dot’ termite mounds support thriving ecosystems</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 19:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The regular polka-dot pattern of termite mounds on the savannah of central Kenya supports a great abundance of plant and animal life – more than the region could support without the termites. The discovery, made by American and Belgian scientists, &#8230; <a href="http://hypothesisnow.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/0101-%e2%80%98polka-dot%e2%80%99-termite-mounds-support-thriving-ecosystems/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hypothesisnow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7501225&amp;post=793&amp;subd=hypothesisnow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spitting Cobra anticipates your every move</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 20:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The spitting cobra &#8211; feared for its ability to blind by spraying venom into the eyes of its victims &#8211; anticipates the movements of its target, ensuring its venomous spray hits the mark every time. There are several species of &#8230; <a href="http://hypothesisnow.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/0100-spitting-cobra-anticipates-your-every-move/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hypothesisnow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7501225&amp;post=785&amp;subd=hypothesisnow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quantum botany?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plants – the fairly ordinary green things that we see around us every day – have harnessed an incredible trick of quantum mechanics that we only learned very recently, according to American researchers. In fact, the quantum trick forms the &#8230; <a href="http://hypothesisnow.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/0098-quantum-botany/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hypothesisnow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7501225&amp;post=771&amp;subd=hypothesisnow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberries in space</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re speeding through the icy depths of space, millions of miles from Earth, when you realise you’d like a snack to remind you of the long summers of home. What do you do? Bizarrely, the answer might be as simple &#8230; <a href="http://hypothesisnow.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/0097strawberries-in-space/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hypothesisnow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7501225&amp;post=765&amp;subd=hypothesisnow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unique red-headed monitor lizard found</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At over a metre long and with a bright red head, you might think the Torch monitor lizard would be quite distinctive. In fact, nobody knew such a lizard existed, until a group of American and Finnish scientists stumbled upon &#8230; <a href="http://hypothesisnow.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/0096-unique-red-headed-monitor-lizard-found/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hypothesisnow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7501225&amp;post=760&amp;subd=hypothesisnow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Complex government spurred growth of ancient nations</title>
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