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Life

Prehistoric cinema: A silver screen on the cave wall

Humans

Dangerous liaisons: Fatal animal attractions

Humans

Three gods: The hardest logic puzzle ever

Life

Fleadom or death: Reviving the glorious flea circus

Humans

Superdoodles: The science of scribbling

Health

Skidology: Winter research that lets things slide

Humans

Feast for the senses: Cook up a master dish

Technology

Shiver me timbers: The coolest warship ever made

Life

Getting sloshed: It’s the way you walk

Life

Gastrophysics: A network theory recipe book

Humans

Tricksy type: how fonts can mess with your mind

Life

Marvellous mistletoe: Giving forests the kiss of life

Earth

Are there really 50 Eskimo words for snow?

Health

Soft, strong and long: The story of toilet paper

91av 2012 holiday quiz

News

Overeating now bigger global problem than lack of food

The most comprehensive disease report ever produced confirms that, for the first time, there is a larger health problem from people eating too much than too little

Earth

What leaked IPCC report really says on climate change

Physics

Warning, speedsters: you can’t fool quantum radar

Physics

Higgs boson having an identity crisis

Health

Twin attack could deliver universal flu vaccine

Physics

Multidimensional black holes get electric when flexed

Life

Ancient city of Troy rebranded itself after war

Space

Nile-like river roves across Saturn’s moon Titan

Health

Even the tiniest stroke can damage the brain

Space

Hubble sees earliest known galaxies through cosmic fog

Earth

Violent polar storms help control the world’s weather

Health

Blame bacteria if you start putting on weight

Life

Urban Byzantine monks gave in to temptation

Earth

Fungal frog killer hops into crayfish

Humans

App for quizzing your way to being a mastermind

Technology

Fail-safe software could stop flash crashes

Technology

Laser cookery makes your food more fun

Earth

2013 Smart Guide: Arctic melt will spark weird weather

Health

2013 Smart Guide: Revolutionary human stem cell trial

Technology

2013 Smart Guide: Next-generation video games

Technology

2013 Smart Guide: Hot computing for a cool billion

Space

2013 Smart Guide: New maps to rein in cosmic inflation

Space

2013 Smart Guide: Supercomet to outshine the moon

Life

2013 Smart Guide: Curiosity to reach Mars mother lode

Health

2013 Smart Guide: More people than ever ‘mentally ill’

Humans

2013 Smart Guide: Searching for human origins in Asia

Technology

2013 Smart Guide: Wave goodbye to the mouse

Review of 2012: The year’s biggest news at a glance

Opinion

The end of the world is an opportunity, not a threat

Don't waste time bemoaning the demise of the old order; get on with building the new one

Technology

How does a traffic cop ticket a driverless car?

Earth

‘Insane’ Antarctic winter crossing like space flight

Health

Your consciousness is your affair, says drug crusader

Aperture

Extremophile ecosystem thrives in Arctic frost flowers

This isn't just a perfect winter scene – the cold-loving microorganisms living in these "frost flowers" are generating excitement among astrobiologists

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Features

Roll up, roll up…

Fancy a trip to the flea circus? A visit to the prehistoric movies? How about training your brain with the world's hardest puzzle, or planning your next culinary coup the scientific way? All this awaits you – along with curious tales of bad animal romance, misunderstood mistletoe, battleships made of ice, the lab where it is always winter and much, much more. Come on in for a festive show of delights!