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News

Blast clues in rare clouds

What do the space shuttle and a giant explosion in 1908 have in common? Both have been followed by strange, glowing clouds, and these may point to what caused the Tunguska blast a century ago

Trendy science findings more likely to be wrong

First drug resistant swine flu discovered

Earth

Watching whales sure beats killing them

Worldwide creationism, Shotgun stunner, and more

Ulysses probe to roam no more

Health

Call for tolerance towards some ‘stem cell tourism’

Squatted Amazon gets reprieve in legal bill

Earth

An insurance plan for climate change victims

Health

Police crackdowns may encourage drug use

Life

Dinosaur mummy gives up organic material

Humans

‘Hippy’ monkey is a killer when starved of sex

“Fish do very well in the seas without eating cows”

Health

Eavesdropping on the music of the brain

Space

Cosmic ‘whips’ may have left their mark

Teen baby narrows search for ‘master ageing gene’

Earth

Disease runs riot as species disappear

Health

‘Trojan’ cells take on drug-resistant tumours

Environment

Primates drive a hard bargain

Humans

Size doesn’t matter to some women

US grandparents ‘smarter’ than UK counterparts

Mini ‘black box’ offers clues to pigeon navigation

Space

X-rays are smoking gun for middleweight black holes

Ozone hole may be bad for the climate

Health

Blood test could predict IVF success

Humans

Fellow students smell your exam fear

Technology

Metal comes to the rescue of revolutionary plane

Technology

Optical switch puts electric transistors in the shade

Technology

Your taste in movies summed up in an algorithm

Technology

‘Hardware Trojans’ could turn microchips into timebombs

Technology

This document will self-erase in five minutes

Physics

Modified invisibility cloak could make the ultimate illusion

Earth

Chemical trap takes the sting out of white phosphorus

Technology

Timeline: Weapons technology

Opinion

Now is the time to prepare for the great floods

Building in at-risk coastal areas should stop if we want to leave our children a lasting legacy

Editorial: Time to declare war on war itself

Editorial: The end of magic?

Return of the race myth?

Most inspirational woman scientist revealed

Earth

Interview: The elephant whisperer

Features

Earth

Sea level rise: It’s worse than we thought

As more and more ice slides into the ocean, sea levels are rising faster and faster 鈥� but just how high will they get?

Technology

Emotional robots: Will we love them or hate them?

Humans

Memristor minds: The future of artificial intelligence

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Regulars

The usefulness of a wet sponge holiday detector

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