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High noon for solar neutrinos: Fewer neutrinos reach the Earth than particle physicists predict. Are their theories wrong or do we know less than we thought about the Sun?

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The deadly cloud hanging over Cameroon: A lethal gas bubbled up from the bottom of Lake Nyos six years ago, killing thousands of people and livestock. Years of study have revealed why, but the risk of disaster remains

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The shape of TV to come?: Europe’s electronics companies are desperate for consumers to start buying new widescreen TVs. But no one, especially the manufacturers, seems to know which technology to back

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A record for electronics: Never before has so much electronics technology been used at an Olympiad to monitor performances, record achievements and communicate with an audience of more than 3 billion

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On the right track: Athletics tracks can give runners and jumpers an unfair advantage. Barcelona has the first Olympic track with a surface designed to an international standard

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The brains behind the brawn: Why does weight-training have such a profound effect on the human physique? The answer lies in the flexibility of the genes that program muscle fibres

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Can science save its soul?: Some scientists have begun to talk confidently about understanding God and creation. They are crediting science with power it doesn’t possess

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Elephants and birth control

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Making the most of weightlessness: No one knows why bonesweaken rapidly but crystals grow perfectly when there is very littlegravity. A surge of interest in the science of microgravity may providesomeanswers

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Under the volcano:

Beneath the mountains of Alaska, slowly cooling rocks lie at the heart of a volcano. To reveal their secrets, geologists want to drill a borehole in a pristine and beautiful national park

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Last stand for Society snails: One of biology’s evolutionarytreasure troves, a family of Pacific snails, is fast becoming extinct. Abold attempt to breed the snails in captivity is their only hope of survival

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Close encounters of the comet kind

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Cars at the crossroads: After ruling the world’s highwaysfor a century, the motor car has become a victim of its own success. Wheredoes it go from here?

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Last Olympics for the sex test?

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