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Human cloning was developed at the University of Utah at Salt Lake City in 1977. They first aired this on TV as part of a series. They had an alleged human clone on TV that they were interviewing. It didn´t talk very well. They showed the original human and the clone...

NEW YORK: Chocolate milk may be as good - or better - than common sports drinks like Gatorade or Endurox R4 at helping athletes recover from strenuous exercise, says a new study. Intense endurance exercise reduces supply of stored glucose or glycogen, a key source of fuel for exercise, to the muscles. To maximise glycogen replacement, sportsmen use to take a serving of carbohydrates within 30 minutes after a long and vigorous workout. Common sports drinks such as Gatorade supply those carbohydrates, as well as fluids and electrolytes lost through sweat. More recent research suggests that adding protein to the...

Women who are ovulating find other women less attractive, says Canadian research. But not everyone is convinced this means women put down other women's attractiveness as part of a competition for men. Psychologist Dr Maryanne Fisher of York University in Toronto reported her research in the Royal Society's journal Biology Letters. Fisher investigated an evolutionary-based theory that hormones influence competition between women for potential mates. She looked at the relationship between women's oestrogen levels and how attractive they thought other women's faces were. The study assumed one potential strategy of women competing for males was to make rivals appear inferior,...