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The biology of beauty

CAPTION: Composite faces of the 10 women with highest (left) and 10 with lowest (right) levels of oestrogen. CREDIT: www.perceptionlab.com

New fertility hopes for former cancer patients

UK doctors have developed a way of predicting how long a woman who has been treated with radiation therapy will be fertile, ending uncertainty about the chances of motherhood for many childhood cancer patients.

An invasion of cheats

So-called 'nuptial' gifts - often consisting of food - are typically given to females by males as part of courtship and copulation rituals in many species.

Honour for fertility expert

Leading fertility expert Professor Lord Winston is to be awarded an honorary degree from the University of St Andrews.