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The power of five

The rise and fall of the wonder-drugs

Hit cancer where it hurts

Nesperennub unwound

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News

The famous early bird strikes again

Nuclear future gets the thumbs-up

First for fertility

Galileo fudged

Mad or unlucky?

Plan for plenty

Puberty inducer?

60 Seconds

If the speed of light can change鈥�

Humans

An audit of war and occupation

Physics

Gravity test for string theory

How babies become addicted to their mothers

Releasing Nemo proves a disaster for native fish

Air pollution damages DNA long before birth

In theory, they should be dead鈥�

Soundbites

Humans

High-protein diet, low fertility?

Humans

Narcotic khat gets sperm going

Humans

Cancer drugs tame rogue womb cells

Keep eggs in the dark for friendlier chicks

Make it strong, make it glassy

Better by design

Not too hot, not too cold

How penguin dads keep fish for chicks

Twin mysteries beneath the Antarctic ice

The plants that self-compost

Bird flu becoming more dangerous

Technology

Bad driving holds the secret to traffic forecasts

Technology

Robotic wheels that just keep rolling along

Technology

Cutting edge

Technology

Shaken, not stirred

Technology

Fill ‘er up for bullet proofing

Technology

Welding breakthrough means stronger planes

Technology

Let software catch the game for you

Technology

Fair cop

Opinion

Feeding Africa

If a green revolution won't work, how can the continent solve its food crisis?

Calling all would-be fathers

It’s time to plug into renewable power

To calm troubled waters

Humans

Westminster diary

Features

The power of five

Why does an enigmatic particle made of five quarks have physicists falling over each other to dream up new theories of matter

The rise and fall of the wonder-drugs

Hit cancer where it hurts

Nesperennub unwound

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A Sheltered Life: The unexpected history of the giant tortoise by Paul Chambers and other books

Douglas Palmer surveys the last great reptiles

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