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Origin of Species Revisited: Recapitulation and conclusion

In which Darwin expounds his "long argument" and addresses the "mystery of mysteries": why there are so many different species

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Earth

Tagging the tigers of the sea

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Life

Extraterrestrial rafting: Hunting off-world sea life

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Health

Generation specs: Stopping the short-sight epidemic

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Cinderella fruit: Wild delicacies become cash crops

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Earth

Tomorrow’s weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractals

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Humans

Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart

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Swine flu: Eight myths that could endanger your life

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Life

Where do ghosts come from?

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Swine flu myth: This is just mild flu. The death rates are even lower than for normal flu

Swine flu is killing young people rather than the very elderly, and although winter is just starting, more young people have already died of flu than normally die over the entire winter

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Swine flu myth: You’re safe as long as you’re healthy. Only sick, weak people get really ill

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Swine flu myth: The symptoms are like regular flu. You’ve got it if you’ve got a fever

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Swine flu myth: I’ll be OK if I just eat organic food, take vitamins, wear a mask, wash my hands a lot and drink plenty of fluids

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Swine flu myth: It’s OK now because we have a vaccine. In fact, we have several

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