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The organ factory of the future?

Man with a mission

Take a handful: Building the Large Hadron Collider

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News

Laser son of Star Wars lives on in a Jumbo jet

Deadly illusion brings death on the roads

Are Namibia’s seals starving to death?

Damage to Britain’s trees is not so natural after all

Software giant squeezed by tough patent ruling

The canine league of mean mutts

Bigger bucks for teh appliance of science

‘Voluntary’ pact for nuclear safety

Transgenic tobacco is European first

How walnuts and purslane can save your heart

Virus clue to killer disease

‘Don’t ban fetal egg research’

Keep taking the pills, soldier

Bats sow seeds of rainforest recovery

Tax breaks spread Brazil’s research burden

Electric link

Hunt resumes

What’s on the PPV tonight?

Partnership sealed

Chemist wins cash

Backbone backdated

Every lab for itself – America’s big nine national laboratories flourished during the Cold War. But with communism no longer perceived as a threat, they are scrabbling to find new roles

Science: Tropical bounty for fungal infection?

Science: Dim pulsars may crowd our Galaxy

Science: Coronary heart disease linked to common bacteria

Science: Black holes could be lithium factories

Science: Bat mothers share the birth experience

Science: War of the worms rages across Scotland

Science: What’s Virgo’s big attraction?

Technology

Technology: Disappointing verdict on signature software

Technology

Technology: Intel opts for simpler, speedier chips

Technology

Technology: Taking the measure of the growing population

Technology

Technology: Smart angle on stroke rehabilitation

Technology

Technology: Super vaccine crawls out of the slime

Technology

Technology: Better brakes for faster trains

Opinion

Comment: Building bridges

Comment: Children of our time

A matter of degrees

Features

The organ factory of the future?

One day, making a pig of yourself could have a whole new meaning with the advent of animals bred to provide us with replacement organs if we need them.

Man with a mission

Take a handful: Building the Large Hadron Collider

More

Review: Einstein can seriously damage your career . . .

Review: An idoiot by any other name. . .

Review: An essay in human understanding

Review: Parachutes and straw hats

Review: In praise of Cinderella

Review: Colloids, crystals and other gems

Forum: In search of the best person for the job – Adrian Furnham puts psychometrics to the test

Forum: The disappearing dons – Jim Baggott regrets the days of the rare scholarly character are numbered

Thistle Diary: Sorting the wood from the trees – More hassles from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

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