Miracle on Oxford Street: Is the annual nightmare of Christmas shopping just a way of proving to ourselves that we can create a ‘family’ in a world of money?
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Infected with science: If religion is a cultural virus, where does that leave science?
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Dying swans?: Audiences expect their ballet dancers to be wraith-like graceful creatures. But the price may be too high
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Real Australians eat roast roo: Forget the traditional plum pudding and intensively reared turkey when there’s healthy, ecologically sound bush tucker to hand
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See-through beer: In the world of quantum movie making, your stars are either reeling around drunk or about to float off
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It may be quantum, but is it art?
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Toughest bridge in town: In the 1890s, spanning the Thames east of London Bridge was a political and engineering triumph
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The everyday world of Einstein: What did Albert want with a cup of sweet coffee, a cement mixer and a dirty cloud?
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A mother’s place is in the wrong: Bookshops are full of manuals on motherhood exhorting women to take control of their lives. But Victorian values are lurking beneath those shiny covers
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Did you hear the one about . . .: Intimate Moments in the Lives of Great 杏吧原创s
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Going, going . . . gone: A 70-million-year-old fossilised tortoise and an exquisite gilt astrolabe are among the innocent newcomers to the cut-throat world of the top auction rooms
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Love means never having to say synapase: New 杏吧原创’s romantic agony aunt dispenses good cheer to the lovelorn
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Cinderladdin and the forty beanstalks: Missed the EastEnders Christmas Special? Father-in-Law getting on your nerves? Time to plug into our puzzle pages . . .
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Only skin deep: As you paint your face for the festivities, spare a thought for the robots hard at work testing cosmetics in search of that elusive feel-good factor
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When all the stage’s a world . . . Cunning design and clever technology have turned a children’s classic into a spectacular piece of theatre
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Looney Tuniverse: Ther is a crazy king of physics at work in the world of cartoons
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News
A tale of fraud and Frobisher’s gold
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Pentagon tests released fallout on towns
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Superconductivity comes further in from the cold
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Russian rocket deal relaunched
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Chocolate gene pool melting away
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Four women infected with HIV during surgery
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Talks to save the planet break down
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NASA probe goes for speed
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Why biodiversity begins at home
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Poll yields hard data about penile implants
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Second thoughts on research degree
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Thorp reaction
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Locking up flu
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Alpine deadlock
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Mystery bird’s desert legacy
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True service
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Genome mapped
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A fragile case for screening?: Children with learning problems are being screened for the gene that causes fragile X syndrome. Some doctors believe these tests do more harm than good
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Science: Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire
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Science: Distant rendezvous for cities on the move
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Science: Humble spuds sniff out drugs
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Science: An antidote for all snake bites
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Science: Soft soap turns the worm
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Science: Tourists from the future remain a possibility
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Technology
Technology: Networks provide the right connections for jobseekers
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Technology
Technology: Superconducting cables power on
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Technology
Technology: Tagging system sees the wood from the trees
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Technology
Technology: When and where to pile ’em high
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Patents: Transparent greeting
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Patents: Chewable chopsticks
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Patents: Water on credit
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Patents: A mark of respect
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Patents: Kept in line
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Patents: Patents Information
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Features
Miracle on Oxford Street: Is the annual nightmare of Christmas shopping just a way of proving to ourselves that we can create a ‘family’ in a world of money?
Features
Infected with science: If religion is a cultural virus, where does that leave science?
Features
Dying swans?: Audiences expect their ballet dancers to be wraith-like graceful creatures. But the price may be too high
Features
Real Australians eat roast roo: Forget the traditional plum pudding and intensively reared turkey when there’s healthy, ecologically sound bush tucker to hand
Features
See-through beer: In the world of quantum movie making, your stars are either reeling around drunk or about to float off
Features
It may be quantum, but is it art?
Features
Toughest bridge in town: In the 1890s, spanning the Thames east of London Bridge was a political and engineering triumph
Features
The everyday world of Einstein: What did Albert want with a cup of sweet coffee, a cement mixer and a dirty cloud?
Features
A mother’s place is in the wrong: Bookshops are full of manuals on motherhood exhorting women to take control of their lives. But Victorian values are lurking beneath those shiny covers
Features
Did you hear the one about . . .: Intimate Moments in the Lives of Great 杏吧原创s
Features
Going, going . . . gone: A 70-million-year-old fossilised tortoise and an exquisite gilt astrolabe are among the innocent newcomers to the cut-throat world of the top auction rooms
Features
Love means never having to say synapase: New 杏吧原创’s romantic agony aunt dispenses good cheer to the lovelorn
Features
Cinderladdin and the forty beanstalks: Missed the EastEnders Christmas Special? Father-in-Law getting on your nerves? Time to plug into our puzzle pages . . .
Features
Only skin deep: As you paint your face for the festivities, spare a thought for the robots hard at work testing cosmetics in search of that elusive feel-good factor
Features
When all the stage’s a world . . . Cunning design and clever technology have turned a children’s classic into a spectacular piece of theatre
Features
Looney Tuniverse: Ther is a crazy king of physics at work in the world of cartoons
Features
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