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End of year quiz

End of year quiz

As we bid good riddance to 2008, here's the traditional 51¶¯Âþ quiz – a gentle amble through the year's stories. All you have to do is to sift the crackers from the turkeys

Features

How to make cheap wine taste like a fine vintage

Mind

How to make cheap wine taste like a fine vintage

Features

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

Books & Arts

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

Space

Review: Mars 3D by Jim Bell

Books & Arts

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

Books & Arts

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Editor's picks 2008

Books & Arts

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

Review: Cool Stuff Exploded by Chris Woodford

Books & Arts

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

Review: Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 18

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition never disappoints and 2008 is no exception - this showcase of the winning images is a feast for the eyes

Books & Arts

Review: Audubon: Early drawings

Books & Arts

Space

It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations

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What makes the universe tick?

Features

Space

Tick, tock goes the quantum clock

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