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Natural gas – a fuel too far?
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Strange skies: Cosmic confusion in the clouds
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Strange skies: Invisible beings that live far above
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Strange skies: Turbocharged auroras
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Strange skies: Mighty air tides
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Strange skies: Lightning should be impossible
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Strange skies: Weird earthquake warning lights
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Strange skies: When will our air become unbreathable?
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Health
Coaxing the heart to heal itself
Features
Health
Total recall: Diary of a lifelogger
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Table of contents
News
Health
Virginia law may demand invasive scan before abortion
Women seeking an abortion in Virginia may soon have to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound scan beforehand – is the intention to inform or stigmatise them?
News
Health
Farmyard antibiotics linked to superbugs
News
Physics
Nash’s beautiful mind pre-empted million-dollar puzzle
News
Earth
Underground oasis found below Earth’s driest desert
News
Fracking not to blame for shale gas pollution
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Europe will vote to keep Canadian tar sands out
News
Health
Diet pill aims for US regulatory approval
News
Earth
Climate sceptics may find fertile ground in US schools
News
Physics
Blame dark matter underdog for mystery missing lithium
News
Earth
Boiled-to-death penguins are back from the brink
News
DNA origami nanorobot takes drug direct to cancer cell
News
Environment
‘Immortal’ Tasmanian devil brings vaccine hope
News
Technology
Online spat over who joins memristor club
News
Humans
Men’s Y chromosome is not about to go extinct
News
Health
Publish lethal flu virus work, says WHO
News
Technology
Nuclear spies use earth and skies to up their game
News
Life
Plant blooms after 30,000 years in permafrost
News
Earth
Japan’s 2011 megaquake reactivated dormant faults
News
Life
Bacterial cheaters do not prosper
News
Early ungulate may have been first echolocating mammal
News
Space
Why ancient star clusters are all the same size
News
Life
‘Fountain of youth’ enzyme lengthens mouse life
News
Health
Bipolar drug fixes damaged nerves to restore movement
News
Technology
Single atom transistor gets precise position on chip
News
Life
Parasite-plagued flies self-medicate on booze
News
Technology
USB stick can sequence DNA in seconds
News
Technology
Metaphorical search engine finds creative new meanings
News
Technology
Crowdsourcing improves predictive texting
News
Opinion
Health
Bioterror is not the biggest threat from bird flu
We are in more danger from a flu pandemic than flu-related bioterrorism
Opinion
Earth
Don’t cloud young minds
Opinion
Physics
Light’s speed limit is safe for now
Opinion
Health
There’s no sense in revising the psychiatrist’s bible
Opinion
Technology
Foiling the cheats in a world of high-tech trust
Opinion
Features
Strange skies: Cosmic confusion in the clouds
Where do clouds come from? Cosmic rays might be involved – and there are plenty more nebulous mysteries to ponder too
Features
Strange skies: Invisible beings that live far above
Features
Strange skies: Turbocharged auroras
Features
Strange skies: Mighty air tides
Features
Strange skies: Lightning should be impossible
Features
Strange skies: Weird earthquake warning lights
Features
Strange skies: When will our air become unbreathable?
Features
Health
Coaxing the heart to heal itself
Features
Earth
Natural gas – a fuel too far?
Features
Health
Total recall: Diary of a lifelogger
Features
Culture
The secrets of solving mathematical puzzles
In The Puzzler's Dilemma, professional puzzle-setter Derrick Niederman reveals the logic behind solving posers old and new
Culture
The never-ending search for fresh ideas
Culture
Do we really need cash any more?
Culture
How Nazi laws stymied German nuclear dreams
Culture
