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Do pacemakers work even after death?

The pacemaker does not take over from the heart; it merely helps to regulate the sequence and timing of your heartbeat.

Great southern blooms

A phytoplankton bloom swirl creates a figure-of-eight pattern in the South Atlantic Ocean.

How the tiger got its stripes

British mathematician’s 60-year-old theory of how biological patterns are formed finally proven.

Fear smells like sugar to fish

Scientists have figured out what ‘scary stuff’ is really made of.

Boozing up to boost survival rates

Fruit flies use alcohol as a drug to kill parasites.

Satellite cameras could be used for facial recognition

Photos from surveillance cameras, YouTube and Facebook could be used for forensic investigatons.

Fossilised pollen reveals ancient garden

Pollen recovered from 2500-year-old plaster has unlocked the secrets of Ramat Rahel’s garden.

Bull’s-eye: The oldest recorded supernova

All that remains after 1826 years.

Ancient Sumerians may not have consumed beer

Were they really the world’s first brewers?

Solving the native species conundrum

Introduced species cannot remain eternally new in an ecosystem.

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