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The scientific guide to gift wrapping

Physics

The scientific guide to gift wrapping

Need to squash all your presents into the smallest parcel possible? Here's how...

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Bye-bye boojums: Scientific names lose their sparkle

Space

Bye-bye boojums: Scientific names lose their sparkle

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End of year quiz: The answers

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Gas memory could send spooky messages the full distance

Technology

Gas memory could send spooky messages the full distance

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Spinning water droplets behave like black holes

Space

Spinning water droplets behave like black holes

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Review: <i>The White Road and Other Stories</i> by Tania Hershman

Review: The White Road and Other Stories by Tania Hershman

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Review: <i>Cool Stuff Exploded</i> by Chris Woodford

Review: Cool Stuff Exploded by Chris Woodford

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Review: <i>Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 18</i>

Review: Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 18

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Review: <i>Audubon: Early drawings</i>

Review: Audubon: Early drawings

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Review: <i>Mars 3D</i> by Jim Bell

Space

Review: Mars 3D by Jim Bell

Blueberry-like rocks leap off the page in this compilation of 3D and colour images taken by Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity

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Review: Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities by Ian Stewart

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Editor's picks 2008

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Space

It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations

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What makes the universe tick?

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