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Inflation deflated? The big bang’s toughest test
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Earth
New Guinea forests shrinking faster than the Amazon
Satellite imagery reveals that Papua New Guinea's rainforests 鈥� renowned for their amazing biodiversity 鈥� are being logged faster than thought
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Health
Drug promotions work like washing-powder ads
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Physics
Reasons for optimism over US particle physics
News
Health
Do bacteria cause cot death?
News
60 Seconds
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Technology
US nuclear recycling plans raise proliferation risks
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Life
Leaky disease labs get off scot-free
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Health
Heavy pot smoking linked to smaller brains
News
Earth
Brimming quake lakes set to repeat historic flood disaster
News
Soundbites
News
Health
Are autistic savants made not born?
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Life
Was Stonehenge built to revere the dead?
News
Space
Did black hole ‘fireworks’ light up early cosmos?
News
Health
Hay fever vaccine needs just four shots
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Life
Animals in the wild may hold key to ageing
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Life
Bloodsucking bugs help vaccinate flighty zoo animals
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Life
‘Hairy blobs’ in acid hell suggest new niche for life
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Life
Single tax rebate won’t get US spending
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Space
Do Pluto and its moons feature cosmic graffiti?
News
Health
When a family history of cancer is a good thing
News
Life
Equality makes maths a girl thing
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Earth
Seabed scratches show icebergs reached the tropics
News
Life
Rat remains help date New Zealand’s colonisation
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Life
Kinship is key for altruistic species
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Health
Blocking chemical lets cells feast on brain plaques
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Health
Epilepsy drug may help calm alcoholic cravings
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Technology
Gizmo
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Technology
Treaty piles on pressure to make cluster bombs smarter
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Earth
Algae oil promises truly green fuel
News
Earth
Nanoblanket cleans up last traces of oil
News
Technology
Laptops could betray users in the developing world
News
Technology
First self-replicating machine makes an appearance
News
Health
Silicon chip filters out cancer cells
News
Opinion
Editorial: China’s dams in the danger zone
China is trying to move away from coal-fired energy, but building hydroelectric dams in earthquake zones is not the best way to go
Opinion
Physics
Editorial: Why the best theories aren’t always right
Opinion
Humans
Sex, drugs and surveys
Opinion
Space
Will NASA last another 50 years?
Opinion
Physics
Commentary: It’s a wonderful cosmos
Opinion
Features
Physics
Inflation deflated? The big bang’s toughest test
Our best theory of the early universe is starting to look a tad insecure. Could this mean we've got it all wrong, asks Michael Brooks
Features
Life
Gotcha! Flesh-eating plants set a wily trap
Features
Health
Genetically modified humans: Here and more coming soon
Features
Earth
Climate scientists go with the floe
Features
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Review: The Animal Research War by P Michael Conn and James V Parker
Biomedical researchers who test on animals have long been targeted by animal-rights activists. Now they have decided it's time to fight back
Books & Arts
Review: Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women scientists speak out by Emily Monosson
Books & Arts
Review: Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte
Books & Arts
Review: Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from climates past by Chris Turney
Books & Arts
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