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The swine flu pandemic has been
declared officially over by the World
Health Organization.

AP - He was given the delicate task
of putting a dollar figure on the
life of each Sept. 11 victim and
trimming paychecks at companies that

Many famous comets, including Halley
and Hale-bopp, may have formed in
other Solar Systems, a new theory
proposes.

Astronomers say they have tracked,
for the first time, an extra-solar
planet in orbit around a young star.

The public want a say in how research
into synthetic biology is conducted,
according to a new report.

A growing number of scientists are
going where politicians fear to tread
by calling for a wider public debate
on the sensitive issue of the

A new generation of contact lenses
built with tiny circuits and LEDs
could make bionic eyesight a
reality. Researchers at the
University of