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Imagine Earth without people

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Light at the end of the tunnel

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Solar sailing 鈥� poised to take off

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News

Life

Free stem cells for all?

Possibly, now that the US patent office is re-examining key patents on human embryonic stem cells that some say have been stifling research

Earth

WHO issues targets to cut air pollution

Life

In praise of bear farms

Health

Big pharma calling journals’ shots?

Earth

World slips further into the ‘eco-red’

Space

US takes unilateral stance in new space policy

Space

Shuttle Atlantis took tiny impact in orbit

60 Seconds

Earth

Trouble in Darwin’s paradise

Technology

Nuke test sends shock waves round world

Space

Mars rover prepares for its grand finale

Earth

More crops for Africa as trees reclaim the desert

Soundbites

Health

Damaged hearts helped by double drug treatment

This week 14 years ago

Physics

Cosmic rays know their limits after all

Earth

Is Venezuela’s pipeline the highway to eco-hell?

Space

Quasar workings revealed by gravitational lensing

Health

Mercury may contribute to premature birth

Earth

Paddies offer answer to greenhouse gas splurge

Life

Difficult atmosphere for finding aliens

Health

Maggot juice 鈥� just what the doctor ordered

Health

Clues to disease in stink bug baby food

Humans

It’s a hobbit… no, it’s a human… no, it’s a hobbit

Earth

Earth’s wobble killed off mammal species

Health

Bioterror special: Friend or foe?

Life

Aircraft go with less of a boom

Technology

Gizmo

Technology

Detecting art fakes at a stroke

Technology

Picture a day in the life of a cell

Health

Artificial limbs wired direct to the brain

Technology

Is it a bird? No, it’s a perching plane

Opinion

Technology

Editorial: ‘Dual-use’ biotech 鈥� proceed with caution

Work on biological agents may be a risky business, but stifling it is simply not an option

Technology

Editorial: It takes two to keep a nuclear bargain

Life

Mass hysteria: Terror’s hidden ally

Space

Brian May: Music and the stars

Life

The animal roots of human morality

Features

Earth

Imagine Earth without people

Just how profound an impact have we had on our planet? An intriguing thought experiment reveals all

Life

Meet my android twin

Health

Light at the end of the tunnel

Earth

Solar sailing 鈥� poised to take off

More

Leonardo, in his own hand

Life

The curious life of a polymath

Life

The Story of Blanche and Marie, by Per Olov Enquist

Life

The word: Hot flowers

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006

Regulars

Feedback

This Week鈥檚 Letters

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Sweat on the hoof

Sweat on the wing

Subatomic paperweight

Eternal youth club

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