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Food allergies get curiouser and curiouser

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Seismic boom: Breaking the quake barrier

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Evolution’s third replicator: Genes, memes, and now what?

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Dark energy may disguise shape of universe

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News

Food fight brews at Guantanamo Bay

While the US government says prisoners are well cared for, experts warn that doctors are breaking the rules by force-feeding prisoners

Social networks bury privacy policies to stay popular

Earth

Mining company abandons orang-utan airlift

Wanted: humane mousetrap

Health

Time to stub out subliminal packaging tricks

The stay-alive virus, First up the trees, and more

Life

Fertile mice created from skin cells

‘Recycled’ space shuttle receives safety boost

Earth

Did an ice age boost human brain size?

Health

Insight: Why dollars alone won’t fix US healthcare

Space

Orbiting gas station could refuel lunar missions

Fertile Crescent ‘will disappear this century’

Physics

Centuries-old sketches solve sunspot mystery

Brain cells show surprise immunity to HIV

Health

Gene predictions tell an ever-changing story

Earth

Ocean swimmers stir the seas

Super-evolved bug factories could yield drugs

Physics

Big dwarf galaxies steal small ones’ stars

Health

Using fat to fight the flab

Hotter weather fed growth of Incan empire

Comets wreaked icy devastation on young Earth

Erasing memories may stop cocaine cravings

Chimps stay stuck in an innovative rut

Health

Sticky tape emits useful terahertz rays

Technology

Cosy social networks ‘are stifling innovation’

Technology

Bored drivers could get a prod from their car

Technology

Artificial Intelligence researchers confront sci-fi scenarios

Technology

Giant pencil traces archaeological finds fast

Technology

Transparent metal could be the stuff of giant planets

Opinion

Get the best from your genes

If we're not careful, we could squander the great potential benefits of personal genomics

Sloppy food labelling? You’d better believe it

Hasta la vista, baby

Earth

Comment: Tuna can stay on the menu… for now

Viewfinder: Opinions from around the world

Earth

Interview: America turns red, white and green

Humans

From butterfly to caterpillar: How children grow up

Features

Health

Food allergies get curiouser and curiouser

The more we find out about food allergies, the stranger they seem to get 鈥� yet discoveries are changing how we think about them, and how to protect people from them

Earth

Seismic boom: Breaking the quake barrier

Life

Evolution’s third replicator: Genes, memes, and now what?

Physics

Dark energy may disguise shape of universe

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