Humans
Is this a unified theory of the brain?
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Technology
Next generation of nukes may not happen
The House of Representatives has rejected funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead, which had been touted as safer and more secure than current nuclear warheads
News
Space
Phoenix Mars lander’s first images reveal a quilted surface
News
Health
Nipping dangerous drugs in the bud
News
Earth
Tropical forests axed in favour of palm oil
News
Health
Foot-and-mouth lab should stay on island
News
Health
Rise in US childhood obesity flattens out
News
Health
Mice ascend Everest to combat doping in sport
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
Huge haul of Earth-like planets found
News
Physics
‘Hot’ photons cast dark energy into the light
News
Life
World’s oldest embryo found in fossilised fish
News
Soundbites
News
Health
Obesity helps mice fend off malaria
News
Health
Thoughts of death make us eat more cookies
News
Health
Finnish epidemic offers clues to diabetes
News
Technology
Telltale DNA sucked out of household dust
News
Health
Stress increases risk of stillbirth
News
Physics
Exotic nitrogen could offer safe rocket fuel
News
Physics
New contenders emerge for dark matter title
News
Health
Friendly bacteria to the rescue
News
Health
Social interactions in flies reverse ageing effects
News
Life
Mating is a dance of death for spiders
News
Earth
Earth sunshade would not rewind the climate
News
Life
Chameleons only half-hide from colour-blind predators
News
Earth
From big earthquakes, little tremors grow
News
Physics
Nearby galaxies are chock-full of dark matter
News
Health
Childhood lead exposure leads to crime
News
Technology
Motion-capture without the markers
News
Health
Google health website raises privacy fears
News
Space
Spy satellites to be equipped for laser attacks
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Birth pangs for the ‘semantic web’
News
Physics
Arctic freeze a breeze for superstrong steel
News
Technology
Secret messages could be hidden in net phone calls
News
Opinion
Space
Editorial: Science thrives as NASA succeeds on Mars
NASA's Mars programme has chalked up another success with the successful arrival of Phoenix on the Red Planet. This should be good for science too
Opinion
Life
Comment: Don’t expect ET to look like us
Opinion
Separating fact and fiction in the Bible
Opinion
Life
Commentary: Humans always pull both ways
Opinion
Features
Humans
Is this a unified theory of the brain?
A researcher claims to have discovered a model that describes the entire brain in one fell swoop. Gregory T Huang does some hard thinking
Features
Earth
The greening of Silicon Valley
Features
Health
Space particles play with the mind
Features
Earth
Locust swarms are driven by salt and cannibalism
Features
Technology
Histories: Microscopic stars of the silver screen
Features
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Humans
Review: The Political Mind by George Lakoff
If winning elections is a matter of manipulating brains, then George Bush and his team are experts in neuroscience 鈥� but Owen Flanagan isn't convinced
Books & Arts
Review: Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies by Richard McKenzie
Books & Arts
Technology
Review: The Power Makers by Maury Klein
Books & Arts
Food careers, glorious food careers
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