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Evolution: A guide for the not-yet perplexed
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Evolution myths: Everything is an adaptation
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Evolution myths: Evolution can’t be disproved
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Evolution myths: Evolution is limitlessly creative
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Evolution myths: Natural selection leads to ever greater complexity
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Evolution myths: Evolution produces perfect organisms
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Evolution myths: It doesn’t matter if people don’t grasp evolution
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Evolution myths: Evolutionary science is not predictive
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Evolution myths: Natural selection is the only means of evolution
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Hunting for neutrinos under the South Pole
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Carbon trading: dirty, sexy money
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Histories: Welcome to Fort Plague
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Housework helps combat anxiety and depression
Just 20 minutes of housework per day reduces the risk of mental distress by 20%, but sport works even better
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Earth
‘Flammable ice’ could be mined for fuel
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Tanzania leads the world in tackling child deaths
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New Alzheimer’s drug takes new approach
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Climate change could save endangered salmon
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Canada to release trial drugs to patients
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Californian quake before 2037 almost inevitable
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WHO considers global war on alcohol abuse
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Orchid sex trick fools male wasps
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Genes may raise cancer risk for blacks
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DNA test needs an international ‘yes’
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Space
Solar system ‘bounce’ may send comets our way
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Earth
Mysterious striped currents revealed in the oceans
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Health
Suicide risks from drugs may be exaggerated
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Financial markets driven wild by hormones
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Mighty microbe pulls 100,000 times its bodyweight
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Life
Fossil teeth hint at elephants’ watery past
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Health
Algal sex could spawn malaria vaccine
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Physics
Atmospheres modelled in soap bubbles
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Earth
Hothouse Earth would halt plate tectonics
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Earth
Fake concrete bat roosts reclaim rainforest
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Machine detects our decisions before we know them
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Physics
Moon’s birth changed the length of days on Earth
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Technology
Law targeting patent ‘trolls’ looks set to fail
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Worm-on-a-chip boosts understanding of nerves
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Technology
Sensitive military items for sale on eBay
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Physics
‘Racetrack’ memory could replace hard drives and RAM
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Technology
Websites evolve like living organisms to suit users
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Life
Wiki lets users create the perfect US president
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Opinion
Earth
Editorial: Can carbon capitalism save the world?
The trade in pollution permits, made possible by the Kyoto protocol, is growing rapidly, but its ability to cut global carbon emissions is still in doubt
Opinion
Physics
Hunting the elusive Higgs
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Health
Interview: The stroke survivor who trained her own brain
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Commentary: Medical research is still biased
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Life
Evolution: A guide for the not-yet perplexed
If you think you understand it, you don't know nearly enough about it. Michael Le Page tackles some myths and misconceptions
Features
Life
Evolution myths: Everything is an adaptation
Features
Life
Evolution myths: Evolution can’t be disproved
Features
Life
Evolution myths: Evolution is limitlessly creative
Features
Life
Evolution myths: Natural selection leads to ever greater complexity
Features
Life
Evolution myths: Evolution produces perfect organisms
Features
Life
Evolution myths: It doesn’t matter if people don’t grasp evolution
Features
Life
Evolution myths: Evolutionary science is not predictive
Features
Life
Evolution myths: Natural selection is the only means of evolution
Features
Physics
Hunting for neutrinos under the South Pole
Features
Earth
Carbon trading: dirty, sexy money
Features
Health
Histories: Welcome to Fort Plague
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