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The UC San Diego political scientist stumbled upon the documents in London in 2007.

A controversial fertility doctor claimed yesterday to have cloned 14 human embryos and transferred 11 of them into the wombs of four women who had been prepared to give birth to cloned babies.

The cloning was recorded by an independent documentary film-maker who has testified to The Independent that the cloning had taken place and that the women were genuinely hoping to become pregnant with the first cloned embryos specifically created for the purposes of human reproduction.

Rocks from Mars could be brought to the UK within the next 20 years, if a bid to host a study facility is successful.

Columbia Pictures has provided ComingSoon.net with eight clips from director Ron Howard's Angels & Demons , opening in theaters on May 15. The anticipated film, based on Dan Brown's best-selling novel, stars Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Armin Mueller-Stahl.

Physicist Stephen Hawking, the author of "A Brief History of Time" who is almost completely paralyzed by motor neurone disease, was comfortable in hospital on Tuesday, his university said.

Eminent scientist said to be very ill in Cambridge hospital.

Colony of sulfur-eating bugs lives without light, oxygen, has been cut off from rest of world for 1.5 million years.

Scientists in the US and Sweden say they understand more about how the body responds to pleasurable touch.

Man's best friend serves as model for understanding human social behavior