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<i>Mondo Nano</i>: What video games can teach nanoscience

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Mondo Nano: What video games can teach nanoscience

At very small scales, engineering becomes indistinguishable from video game design, claims Colin Milburn in his new book. Should science open itself up to play?

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Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking

Life

Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking

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New Apollo programme wants moonshot budget to boost renewables

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New Apollo programme wants moonshot budget to boost renewables

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Gadgets powered wirelessly at home with a simple Wi-Fi router

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Gadgets powered wirelessly at home with a simple Wi-Fi router

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Solar-cell thread heralds promise of wearable chargers

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The whole hog: Unpacking our love-hate relationship with the pig

Life

The whole hog: Unpacking our love-hate relationship with the pig

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Dust from asteroid mining spells danger for satellites

Space

Dust from asteroid mining spells danger for satellites

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Intelligent life: Why don't we consider plants to be smart?

Life

Intelligent life: Why don't we consider plants to be smart?

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<i>How to Clone a Mammoth</i>: But should we?

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How to Clone a Mammoth: But should we?

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Physics

Getting an insight into Einstein's worlds

From a row about time to a bad paper on black holes, there's lots to learn about Einstein from a clutch of books published at the centenary of general relativity

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Physics

Einstein and Schrödinger: The price of fame

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Life

Last chance plan to save world's rarest ape, the Hainan gibbon

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Step into this van Gogh painting recreated with virtual reality

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Case of the Rickety Cossack reveals unease about our fossil past

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