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Taking to the streets

Dennis and Sylvia Rosen take a walk around the lesser known monuments to London's scientific past, some of them well enough hidden to surprise even lifelong Londoners

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Iceland’s hot rocks: In the middle of the spreading Atlantic is Iceland, a geological marvel with a rift valley, the original geyser and an energy supply that does not depend on burning carbon. Frederik Pohl reports

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The darkest days: Robert Buderi travels back in time to Uxbridge and the Battle of Britain

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On the path of genius: In the scientific version of the Grand Tour, Mick Hamer traces the story of ideas that shook the world

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When the trains don’t come: British Rail is still battling to beat the chaos that comes with a really cold snap. But with a tiny research budget, says Graeme Ewens, delays seem inevitable

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Earth

The dirtiest place on Earth

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A wool-comber’s guide to the planets: Panic seized a small town in the Netherlands when people read that the end of the world was nigh. But Eise Eisinga knew what would calm them down . . .

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Molecules that build themselves

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Can we grow younger?: In the past decade, a natural human hormone has been shown to reverse the signs of ageing. But eternal youth comes at a price, as Helen Saul discovers

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The Wife, the Waif, the Warrior & the Warlock: Do you see your Valentine as Wife, Waif, Whore or Witch? If you do, it could be because your psyche sees you as Warrior, Whizzkid, Worthy or Warlock

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The periodic table was chemistry’s most important breakthrough

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Engineering the underground Olympics: While competing teams slog it out during the Olympic ice hockey tornament in Norway’s Gjovik cavern next week, engineers will br busy admiring their own skills in excavating such a giant stadium underground

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Eye at the edge of the universe: High on a desolate volcano, the world’s most powerful telescope is exploring the frontiers of the Universe

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AMPHIBIANS that came to stay: How did odd-looking creatures that struggled out of warm equatorial waters to live on land hundreds of millions of years ago end up on a Scottish football ground?

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