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The malleable microbe: Just how different is a bacterium from an elephant? The answer lies in the flexible genes of the lowly microorganism

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Standing up to earthquakes: An earthquake destroys buildings by shaking them to pieces. Engineers are finding ways to keep them standing when the ground moves

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Mars – is it mission impossible?: President Bush wants to see an American Flag flying on the surface of Mars by 2019. But no one knows what the biological effects would be on the astronauts undertaking such a trip

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Why anaesthesia can still kill: Every year people die or become severely disabled because the oxygen supply to their brain fails during surgery as a result of human error. Yet monitoring devices that have drastically cut down on such accidents in the US

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What makes faces familiar?:

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A second chance for targeted designer antibodies

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Life after death for empty shells: Crustacean fisheries create a mountain of waste shells, made of a strong natural polymer, chitin. Now chemists are helping to put this waste to some surprising uses

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The plant anatomy light show: With chemicals from washing powders and fluorescence microscope, even novice anatomists can explore the intricacies of living plants

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Full steam ahead for ferry safety: Researchers studying the Zeebrugge tragedy have pinpointed the fatal flaws of roll-on roll-off ferries. Now the British government is pressing for safer designs

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Life

The sponges that spanned Europe

A vanished giant has reappeared in the rocks of Europe. A fossil reef bigger than the Great Barrier Reef of Australia stretches from Spain to Romania and, unlikely as it sounds, it is all the work of sponges

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Green technology comes of age: The eco-boom of the past few years has transformed the fortunes of a community of alternative technologists living and working in the Welsh hills. The public can now buy a stake in the centre’s future – and help to finance

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On the roof of the rainforest: Biologists in an airship have settled on the top of a South American rainforest to explore the unique habitat of the canopy

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Female circumcision: Fighting a cruel tradition

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Earth

A sea change in the Sahel

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