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News

Health

Beat polio now – it will be cheaper

It has cost more than $5 billion to drag polio levels to their current low. It will cost another $1.5 to kill it off, but even that is cheaper than long-term containment

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Health

Infection blunder revealed at animal testing lab

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Health

Chernobyl alert over birth defects

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Earth

Rampant tourism leaves Galapagos in big trouble

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60 Seconds

News

Earth

Biofuel’s dirty little secret

News

Health

WHO must focus on mother-to-child HIV transmission

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Space

Duff software patch sealed Mars probe’s fate

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Schools urged into divisive drug crackdown

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Physics

Millions spent, but was gravity result worth it?

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Physics

Death of ‘sterile neutrino’ raises new spectre

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Earth

Soybean boom spells bad news for climate

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Life

Extreme bacteria run chemistry of life in reverse

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Soundbites

News

Health

Insight: Questions follow reports of stem cell diabetes cure

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This week 50 years ago

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Earth

Biofuel issues rekindle Berkeley’s radical flame

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Humans

Monkey genome springs surprise for human origins

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Health

Gene makes some people fatter

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Life

Flying in V-formation gives best view for least effort

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Earth

Leaf loss adds to frogs’ woes

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Health

Aspirin may protect against cancer

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Space

Twin star clue to Red Square puzzle

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Earth

Fossilised ‘fern’ reveals prehistoric treetops

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Humans

Chimps are the most refined ape of all

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Life

If you’re driving, stay off the phone

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Earth

Proving food’s ethical origin

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Earth

Cellphones: a pollution risk

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Technology

Gizmo

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Technology

Poachers to blame for patent delays

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Life

Perfect clones, to the last computer-generated wrinkle

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Technology

Creepy-crawly robot to mend a broken heart

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