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Scrunch time: The peculiar physics of crumpled paper

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Scrunch time: The peculiar physics of crumpled paper

When you crumple up your gift-wrapping paper this year, you'll create a shape so complex that it has defeated the most sophisticated computers

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The dust library

Physics

The dust library

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We have drift off: Balloons to the edge of space

Space

We have drift off: Balloons to the edge of space

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Eight lazy ways to lose weight

Health

Eight lazy ways to lose weight

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Seasonal stalactites: The sharp end of icicle science

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Seasonal stalactites: The sharp end of icicle science

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Salad-bar strategy: The battle of the buffet

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Salad-bar strategy: The battle of the buffet

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Cold-blooded cognition: Tortoises quick on the uptake

Life

Cold-blooded cognition: Tortoises quick on the uptake

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Level-up life: how gaming can enhance your reality

Health

Level-up life: how gaming can enhance your reality

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Apps for apes: Orang-utans want iPads for Christmas

Life

Apps for apes: Orang-utans want iPads for Christmas

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51�� 2011 holiday quiz

Caveman fashion, a giant of both science and literature, Trekkie dreams and much more in our end-of-year quiz

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The hard way: Our odd desire to do it ourselves

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Rhyme and reason: The Victorian poet scientists

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Earth

Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase

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Technology

Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz

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