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Trails of destruction

Spinning streams of air that trail behind large aircraft have all the ferocity of a hurricane. Taming these deadly vortices is a priority for aircraft designers and air traffic controllers. Justin Mullins reports

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Beaten in spades

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Fish TV presents . . . – If you want to understand the tiny plants and animals of the plankton, you need to zoom in for the close-ups

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The big thaw – For years, US Navy scientists have been the envy of their poorer civilian cousins. Now the caring, sharing Pentagon is unlocking some of its most closely guarded secrets

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Monster journeys – How does an animal that lives fixed to the spot on one side of the ocean suddenly appear on the other? Can a handbag, a shipwreck and a lab full of monsters give us some clues?

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Mission to Marianas – If Mount Everest was dropped into the world’s deepest trench, it would drown. Kaiko hit bottom . . . and came back to tell the tale

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A feel for shells – Ever since his fingers first encountered the drab, chalky shells of the North Sea, Geerat Vermeij has had a passion for the natural world

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Mud, glorious mud

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Deep sea revolution – It’s tough at the bottom. But now, with the help of robot subs, seafaring ecologists can join the 20th century

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Who rules the waves? – Viruses might just be bit players in the drama of the seas. Then again, they could be major actors

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Software, who needs it?

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Mouldering monuments

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Dirty secrets

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Fireball from the deepfreeze

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