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Countdown: NASA’s mission to Pluto and beyond
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Earth
Are ‘eco-friendly’ labels helping to block free trade?
Countries will propose changes to labelling rules at World Trade Organization talks in Hong Kong
News
Health
Athletics authorities get set to detect ‘gene doping’
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Health
Boxer becomes first dog to have DNA precisely sequenced
News
Physics
Nobel laureate admits string theory is in trouble
News
Earth
Buildup of radioactive waste threatens future of nuclear plant
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60 Seconds
News
Health
Smoking in movies is as common as it was in 1950
News
Health
Scene set in California for battle over stem cell funding
News
Homeopathic vets come under fire
News
Health
Face transplant may be only way to restore speech
News
Health
Mighty mice hold key to muscle-wasting disease
News
Earth
Frost flowers cleared of depleting ozone
News
Soundbites
News
Earth
Sloppy copying makes viruses more deadly
News
Life
Full splendour of ‘lost’ archaeopteryx revealed
News
Health
‘Safe’ painkiller is leading cause of liver failure
News
Space
Turn off the star to see the planet
News
Health
Autism linked to malfunctioning ‘mirror neurons’
News
Life
Why honeybees never forget a face
News
Space
Liquid crater on the Red Planet?
News
Life
Arctic mussels make comeback
News
Humans
Sex and the single artist
News
Earth
Heaving seabed triggered Asian tsunami
News
Life
Koalas need a big home on the range
News
Earth
Mountain clue to Earth’s biggest extinction
News
Technology
Artificial muscles for robots could be grown on farms
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Solar-powered projector could enlighten African villagers
News
Technology
Smart inbox cuts email drudgery
News
Technology
Internet TV at a crucial fork in the road
News
Health
Exploding gel delivers vaccine in controlled bursts
News
Health
How to tell when oxygen is a patient’s worst enemy
News
Opinion
Physics
Physics’ greatest endeavour is grinding to a halt
The hunt for a theory of everything is going nowhere fast
Opinion
Health
Transplanting a face is only half the challenge
Opinion
Health
Patients should be told if medical implants may be faulty
Opinion
Life
How Einstein probed the power of the human mind
Opinion
Features
Space
Countdown: NASA’s mission to Pluto and beyond
What we know about the Solar System's most distant planet would fit on the back of a postcard. But a bold new mission blasting off in January will change all that
Features
Technology
Hi-tech weaponry battles piracy on the high seas
Features
Health
Can popping a pill curb all your cravings?
Features
Earth
Biodiversity: a new perspective
Features
Life
Rare glimpse of life in a medieval menagerie
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Life
Spotlight on Earth’s unsung heroes: invertebrates
Naturalist David Attenborough's latest BBC documentary and a newly published book put these inconspicuous and camera-shy creatures centre stage
Books & Arts
Book review: No creator required
Books & Arts
Hitching a ride
Books & Arts
The origins of sex
Books & Arts
One of a kind
Books & Arts
Technology
The word: Backrub
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