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Astrobiology: The hunt for alien life
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Life
Astrobiology: Are we alone in the universe?
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Life
Astrobiology: Hot topics in the search for ET
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Life
Astrobiology: Are we unique?
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Life
The limits of knowledge: Things we’ll never understand
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Physics
Out with a bang: The Tevatron’s deathbed revelation
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Health
Blue alert: The dark side of night light
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Table of contents
News
Osama bin Laden: how DNA identified his body
DNA evidence identified the world's most wanted man with "99.9 per cent confidence", which would require comparison with the DNA of close relatives
News
Strange cosmic ray hotspots stalk southern skies
News
Earth
Milk miles show why it’s hard to go locavore
News
Physics
Elusive Higgs slips from sight again
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
Painkillers need clearer warnings to prevent liver damage
News
Earth
Deadly weather in US could become the norm
News
Earth
Evolutionary push could help crops self-fertilise
News
Physics
How to build the global mathematics brain
News
Earth
Asteroids make life’s raw materials
News
Health
Drug pacemaker relieves hassle of daily shots
News
Life
Why do we remember some dreams but not others?
News
Physics
Second experiment hints at seasonal dark matter signal
News
Humans
Out-of-Africa migration selected novelty-seeking genes
News
Physics
‘Dwarf’ black holes might help explain dark matter
News
Health
How sickle-cell carriers fend off malaria
News
Earth
Brainless box jellyfish know which way is up
News
Earth
Monkeys show signs of advanced memory powers
News
Physics
The universe’s first stars were whirling dervishes
News
Space
Ghostly nebulae show mysterious alignment
News
Physics
Fleeting antimatter trapped for a quarter of an hour
News
Life
A sideways look suggests leaning tower will topple
News
Health
Heart attacks are more dangerous in the morning
News
Life
Talk with a dolphin via underwater translation machine
News
Technology
In-car projection for drive-by advertising
News
Earth
Know where the wind blows to boost power grid capacity
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Toughening up vulnerable networks one link at a time
News
Opinion
The implications of interspecies communication
If dolphins could talk to humans, it would be an unparalleled contribution to the debate about animal rights
Opinion
We need another green revolution
Opinion
Mathematics becomes more sociable
Opinion
Earth
Time to put weather forecasters on the spot
Opinion
Earth
US navy chief: I’m on a mission to stop using oil
Opinion
Technology
Five roboethical principles 鈥� for humans
Opinion
Features
Life
Astrobiology: The hunt for alien life
Powerful telescopes, clever astronomy and trips to some of Earth's most extreme and remote places are helping identify the most promising places to start
Features
Life
Astrobiology: Are we alone in the universe?
Features
Life
Astrobiology: Hot topics in the search for ET
Features
Life
Astrobiology: Are we unique?
Features
Life
The limits of knowledge: Things we’ll never understand
Features
Physics
Out with a bang: The Tevatron’s deathbed revelation
Features
Health
Blue alert: The dark side of night light
Features
Culture
Exploring animals’ emotional experiences
Jonathan Balcombe's The Exultant Ark is an exploration of the nascent research into animal pleasure, replete with emotive photographs
Culture
Cool viruses from pox to pandemics
Culture
The birth and rise of batteries
Culture
The modern marvel of magnetic levitation
Culture
