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Can brains be conscious?

Modern science has no place for the study of our subjective experience, yet science relies on our perceptions of the world - To resolve the paradox and understand consciousness, we need to establish a new kind of 'qualitative science'

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Encounter at the edge of the Solar System: This month the NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 will visit Neptune and its unusual moons – Then, after its last planetary encounter, it will head off into deep space

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Technology

Chess computers make their move

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Energy inefficiency brings a warm glow to the welcome in Budapest

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Genes on deposit – saving for the future: Like financial institutions, gene banks need regulation – The point is to ensure that they conserve the right material in the right way

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More work for less energy: Planners have learnt that using energy more efficiently goes hand in hand with economic growth

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Whose idea is it anyway?

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The telltale tags that help to trust and verify . . . or not

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Arms and the ban: Political leaders say they want to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The problem is to develop technology that will verify arms control treaties without upsetting the military chiefs

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Wise investment for warm years

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Life

A scientific way with words

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Earth

The shrinking gene pool

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An expedition to Earth: Worries about the environment are pushing research into space. This time attention is not focused on distant planets. The idea is to take a long hard look at Earth itself

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One small step for mankind: The first landing of a human being on another world took place on 20 July 1969, when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon – Politicians and engineers gained most from the adventure / Scientific exploration was only an aftertho

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