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Four radical routes to a theory of everything
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News
Earth
Women farmers face eviction in biofuels boom
Female subsistence farmers in developing countries will be moved off their land to make way for huge biofuel plantations, says the UN
News
Health
Gene therapy ‘reverses’ blindness
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Health
Artifical blood deaths cause trial concerns
News
Earth
Censorship exposed at US environment agency
News
Genetic rights are enshrined in US law
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Don’t stop hurricanes, guide them
News
Health
Past patients could provide fast flu vaccine
News
Earth
Poor forecasting undermines climate debate
News
Life
Intelligence can be improved with training
News
Health
Fetal cells could help fight off breast cancer
News
Life
Do birds see with quantum eyes?
News
Soundbites
News
Physics
Quantum effects may explain water’s weirdness
News
Life
‘Sexy’ voice gives fertile women away
News
Life
Sabre-toothed ‘bear’ terrorised early humans
News
Earth
Did dinosaur-killing asteroid ignite an oily tinderbox?
News
Life
Earth ‘noise’ could attract alien invaders
News
Life
First sunflower farms uncovered in Mexican dig
News
Health
Blood-pressure pill may also aid weight loss
News
Health
Enzyme could be malaria’s weakest link
News
Space
Martian air creates monster sand dunes
News
Life
Slow movers opt for a single sex
News
Health
Why alcohol makes you loosen up and lash out
News
Earth
Solar shield would damage the ozone layer
News
Technology
Bluetooth gives spies a window into your life
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Cellphone scanner could screen for cancer
News
Technology
Google ranks images for better picture searches
News
Technology
Emergency 2.0 is coming to a website near you
News
Technology
‘Missing link’ of electronics makes an appearance
News
Technology
Malicious hardware may be next hacker tool
News
Opinion
Editorial: Even climate models have their limits
While the science of climate change is robust, we may have to live with uncertainty about the local impacts of a warming planet
Opinion
Editorial: Still no substitute for embryonic stem cells
Opinion
Comment: What lies beneath the makeup?
Opinion
Interview: The man who found Mars on Earth
Opinion
Commentary: Our mirror on morality
Opinion
Features
Physics
Four radical routes to a theory of everything
Want an ultimate theory of the universe? There's no shortage of weird and wonderful ideas, as Amanda Gefter discovers
Features
Earth
Burying biomass to fight climate change
Features
Life
Sin cities: The geometry of crime
Features
Health
How stem-cell advances will transform medicine
Features
Heroes for hard times
Features
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Health
Bol茅ro: ‘Beautiful symptom of a terrible disease’
A painting that mirrors Ravel's Bol茅ro by a woman who shared a brain disease with the composer, provides a window into the creative mind
Books & Arts
Life
Review: What is Life? by Ed Regis
Books & Arts
Review: Titan Unveiled by Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton
Books & Arts
Review: Mirroring People by Marco Iacoboni
Books & Arts
Insider: Biotechnology under the spotlight
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