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Reliving five eureka moments lost in history

Physics

Reliving five eureka moments lost in history

Water doesn't just boil at 100 °C and chemistry owes a lot to alchemy: recreating long-forgotten experiments provides surprising insights into today's science

Features

Seven megaprojects that would change the world

Earth

Seven megaprojects that would change the world

Features

Eels use electricity to remote control prey movements

Life

Eels use electricity to remote control prey movements

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Hypnotising patterns created in electric soap films

Physics

Hypnotising patterns created in electric soap films

Regulars

Smartwatch detects skin's electricity to predict seizures

Technology

Smartwatch detects skin's electricity to predict seizures

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I want to build solar cells thinner than a human hair

Technology

I want to build solar cells thinner than a human hair

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Technology

Food bland? Electric spoon zaps taste into every bite

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Powering up the poor shouldn't hurt the climate

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Prosthetic hand recreates feeling of cotton bud touch

Prosthetic hand recreates feeling of cotton bud touch

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Technology

Computer mind meld gives voice to man after a stroke

A man left locked-in after a stroke has found his voice via a brain-computer interface, the first stroke patient to master the device

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Technology

Temperature-driven clock sparks new kind of generator

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Earth

Beijing's coal ban may herald the end of the fuel

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World's poor need grid power, not just solar panels

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Life

Spark of life revisited thanks to electric bacteria

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