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Weird warriors: The animal world's dirtiest fighters

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Weird warriors: The animal world's dirtiest fighters

From sea beasts that disembowel themselves to lizards that make knives out of their own broken bones, you don't want to mess with these kick-ass critters

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Booze myths: The truth at the bottom of the bottle

Health

Booze myths: The truth at the bottom of the bottle

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Botanical ballistics: Nature's fastest plants

Life

Botanical ballistics: Nature's fastest plants

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Hunters hunted: The revenge of robo-deer

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Hunters hunted: The revenge of robo-deer

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Extreme beer: No accounting for taste

Humans

Extreme beer: No accounting for taste

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The secret of secret Santa

Physics

The secret of secret Santa

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Sozzled superconductors sizzle with speed

Physics

Sozzled superconductors sizzle with speed

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New Scientist 2010 holiday quiz

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Cheeseology: How to throw the perfect bacterial party

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Cheeseology: How to throw the perfect bacterial party

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From god to gobbler: How the turkey got its breast

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From god to gobbler: How the turkey got its breast

Revered by the Aztecs, devoured by millions: today's titanic turkey is a very different bird to its flighty ancestors

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3D TV: Beware the barfogenic zone

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Toy-de-force: Inside the steampunk Lego lab

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Stuffing yourself in imagination curbs stomach pangs

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Quantum links let computers understand language

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