April 2003

• Database free for all - Premium content

  Human Genome Organisation calls for open-access sequence repositories.

  30 April 2003

• Finns point to dyslexia - Premium content

  Gene hint to human reading ability.

  30 April 2003

• Genome pioneer sets sights on Sargasso Sea - Premium content

  Craig Venter aims to sequence every bug in entire ecosystem.

  30 April 2003

• New evidence that fish feel pain - Premium content

  Trout study may fuel anti-angling debate.

  30 April 2003

• Earliest handwriting found? - Premium content

  Chinese relics hint at Neolithic rituals.

  30 April 2003

• Software turns shower singers into virtuosi. - Premium content

  Computer scientists take first step towards karaoke crown.

  29 April 2003

• Spores ferry vaccines - Premium content

  Edible dormant bacteria protect against tetanus.

  29 April 2003

• Chimps expose humanness - Premium content

  Preliminary genome comparison points to primate individuality.

  29 April 2003

• Showers and air-con for WIMPs down Yorkshire mine - Premium content

  Underground lab upgrade might shed light on dark matter.

  29 April 2003

• Chicken genome due at year's end - Premium content

  Bird DNA sequence to benefit farmers and doctors.

  29 April 2003