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Wind-up

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Love is the drug

I see a long life and a healthy one鈥�

Riddle of the giant tooth

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News

The fix that fails kids’ eyes

The standard prescription for correcting children's short sight actually seems to make their eyes deteriorate faster. And it has been used routinely for decades

Stray genes spark anger

Environment

Radios can jam patients’ lifelines

Bioweapons convention saved by a compromise

Dispatches

Nuclear bunker buster clears latest hurdle

Earth

Wildlife policeman bares its teeth over exploited species

NASA plans escape route

Soundbites

New twist to veterans’ tale

We hear that鈥�

Environment

Animal experiments on trial

Whirring wheels keep finless sub on course

Nanotubes born inside a mini-fireball

Random noise gave vital boost to primitive life

Stick a pollen trap up your nose to ward off hay fever

Dark energy still refuses to go away

Download your life into this computer

Neanderthals used both hands to kill

Technology

Your dinner’s in the dog

Technology

Technicolour phones

Technology

Roasty, not toasty

What came first, bigger brains or lots of sex?

Happy as a pig in鈥� a waterbed

Food scraps make perfect plastic

Chill out with the new taste of green tea

Sweet smell of success

Boom, you’re dead

Hungry for sex

Breathe deep

Opinion

Only as a last resort

Primate experiments are justified 鈥� if scientists can tell us what they're for

Not worth the paper

Way back when…

The word molecular gastronomy

Humans

Westminster diary

Features

Wind-up

What can make the world turn faster? Try a dramatic avalanche deep below the surface of the Earth, says Kate Ravilious

Second sight

Humans

Love is the drug

I see a long life and a healthy one鈥�

Riddle of the giant tooth

More

Kevin leaves the dark side

Bird of paradise

It’s a natural thing

Bestsellers – Berkeley

Love at Goon Park by Deborah Blum

Mutate with purpose

Smart Mobs: The next social revolution by Howard Rheingold

Regulars

Feedback

This Week鈥檚 Letters

The last word

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