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Space

Killer asteroid: Too close for comfort

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Earth

Aftershocks 鈥� living through a lightning strike

Histories: The big scribble

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News

Earth

Fines used to keep Antarctica tidy

"The polluter pays" is the environmental mantra that will soon be enshrined in an extension to the treaty that governs Antarctica

First private solar sail primed for blast-off

Earth

Bangladeshi island suffers accelerating erosion

Health

China hinders bird flu research

Space

Martian menu rustled up from nine ingredients

60 Seconds

Health

Gene patent fight over breast cancer test

Space

Hubble spies lord of the stellar rings

Earth

Worries over US response to tsunami scare

Humans

Do games prime brain for violence?

Humans

‘Rubber hand’ illusion creates ghost sensations

Earth

Let the big fish go to save the species

Health

IVF safest with one embryo

Life

Women’s orgasms are a turn-off for the brain

Health

Drug disrupts cancer’s production line

Soundbites

Health

Is steroid treatment for miscarriage safe?

Life

Fossil mammal had a sting in the tooth

Physics

Quantum computer springs a leak

Health

Older mothers use anti-ageing genes

Life

Subterranean bugs reach out for their energy

Live to a ripe old age 鈥� with a little help from your friends

Life

Life thrives on ocean’s faint glow

Health

Rapid test for bird flu developed

Life

Brain scans find the penis at last

Life

Army gadget tracks rumble in the jungle

Health

Cancer drug prevents premature birth

Earth

Global warming will bring fiercer hurricanes

Physics

Big bang made waves in the sea of neutrinos

Technology

TVs will cost the Earth

Space

Cast-off spacesuit turned into a satellite

Technology

Beware of strangers bearing iPods

Technology

Microwave-based missile defence for airliners

Technology

Revealed: the true cost of computer crime

Technology

Blast of sound turns liquid to jelly

Opinion

Life

Editorial: The trouble with human-animal chimeras

The creation of creatures with increasingly human elements presents a new dilemma, but revulsion is not reason enough to stop new research

Earth

Get off the fence over global warming

Features

Space

Killer asteroid: Too close for comfort

We are heading for the closest-ever near miss by a speeding asteroid. And when it comes around again we might not be so lucky

Technology

Wanted! Search engine top spots

Earth

Aftershocks 鈥� living through a lightning strike

Histories: The big scribble

More

Life

Looking for Life, Searching the Solar System: Book review

Is life a freak of chemistry unique to Earth? Is life inevitable? Could it survive interplanetary travel? Paul Davies reviews an impressive round-up of the field

Interview: The Koran to quantum physics

Life

Evolution of the Insects by David Grimaldi and Michael S Engel

Physics

Cartoon Guide to Chemistry by Larry Gonick & Craig Criddle

The word: Serotiny

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