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How the humble potato could feed the world
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News
Health
New cash to tackle smoking in developing world
Bill Gates and the multibillionaire mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, have pledged $375 million towards anti-smoking programmes
News
Earth
A third of China’s carbon footprint blamed on exports
News
Earth
Hidden populations give lynx a fighting chance
News
Health
Ethical storm brews over embryonic stem cell lines
News
Earth
Arctic ice continues to thin
News
Health
Back to basics for failed HIV vaccine
News
Space
Nations sign landmark lunar exploration agreement
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
Getting inside the minds of athletes who cheat
News
Life
Technical hurdles may rule out Olympic gene cheats
News
Physics
Is our universe fine-tuned for life?
News
Life
Bumblebees help close in on serial killers
News
Health
Wheelchairs may impair spinal-cord recovery
News
‘I bought a brand-new Cadillac’
News
Space
Was ancient Greek ‘computer’ an astronomical tool?
News
Life
How snakes got their fangs
News
Life
Gene variant more prevalent in transsexuals
News
Physics
Antimatter and matter don’t always go bang
News
Health
Dementia vastly underestimated in low-income countries
News
Health
Schizophrenia genes found at last
News
Life
Tree shrews could drink humans under the table
News
Health
Your neighbourhood could be making you fat
News
Life
Why a mule is not a dumb-ass
News
Earth
Supermountains gave us the air we breathe
News
Space
Mangled stars could reveal ejected black holes
News
Humans
Folklore gets it wrong on love matches
News
Health
Software strips patients’ names, keeps the gory details
News
Earth
Software predicts where El Ni帽o will strike next
News
Technology
Airline cockpit blackouts are not being tackled
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Creating a computer game is child’s play
News
Technology
Digital camera chip turned into lens-free microscope
News
Technology
Wi-Fi networks suffer ‘autoimmune’ attacks
News
Opinion
Editorial: Where do nutrititional supplements fit in sport?
Efforts to stop Olympic athletes taking performance-enhancing drugs are well recognised, but little attention is given to nutritional supplements. It's time that changed
Opinion
Comment: Anthropologists should stay off the front line
Opinion
Space
Interview: The cosmic explorer
Opinion
Commentary: Why God and science don’t mix
Opinion
Features
Earth
How the humble potato could feed the world
They're cheaper, more nutritious and easier to grow than grain. But turning to the spud does not come without risks, says Debora MacKenzie
Features
Earth
Are ‘disposable’ reactors a safe energy solution?
Features
Earth
Is climate change causing an upsurge in US tornadoes?
Features
Health
A vaccine for modern living
Features
Earth
Past masters of coastal geology
Features
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Humans
Review: The Score by Faye Flam
A new book explains why men do what they do to get women into bed
Books & Arts
Review: Surrealism, Art and Modern Science by Gavin Parkinson
Books & Arts
Review: Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 by David Crystal
Books & Arts
Review: Physics for Future Presidents by Richard A Muller
Books & Arts
