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oil and gas

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Physics

The wondrous life of the Higgs boson

In Higgs, science writer Jim Baggott gives a detailed but elegant history of the Higgs boson, and the people behind the physics

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Environment

Mutiny at the South Pole?

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Making science fiction a reality

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Did Scott's own South Pole team seal his fate?

Environment

Did Scott's own South Pole team seal his fate?

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Obama's 2025 car fuel efficiency goals are already in reach

Technology

Obama's 2025 car fuel efficiency goals are already in reach

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Fracking could be combined with carbon capture plans

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Fracking could be combined with carbon capture plans

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Eating less fails to extend monkey lives

Health

Eating less fails to extend monkey lives

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Space

Satellite time capsule for life on Earth

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Waste water harnessed to make electricity and plastics

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Waste water harnessed to make electricity and plastics

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Earth

US energy independence by 2020 is a pipe dream

Mitt Romney wants the US to generate all its own energy by 2020, but his proposals are unlikely to achieve that

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Life

Retracing the stardust trail

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Humans

Babies without sex or pregnancy?

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Life

Gibbons on helium sing like sopranos

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Humans

Consciousness as the key to our mental traits

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