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Win glory with your science-themed Lego creation

Win glory with your science-themed Lego creation

Make a Lego model inspired by science, technology or nature – you could win a great prize and see your masterpiece in 51¶¯Âþ

CultureLab

Magical giant: The story of a much-loved museum whale

Life

Magical giant: The story of a much-loved museum whale

CultureLab

Astrophile: Titan lake has more liquid fuel than Earth

Space

Astrophile: Titan lake has more liquid fuel than Earth

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A taste of no-tech life in a post-apocalyptic bunker

Life

A taste of no-tech life in a post-apocalyptic bunker

CultureLab

Mining insider: 'Leave the coal in the ground'

Earth

Mining insider: 'Leave the coal in the ground'

Opinion

Why insects bug us so much

Life

Why insects bug us so much

CultureLab

Look to complexity theory to solve the aid problem

Earth

Look to complexity theory to solve the aid problem

CultureLab

Mandela catalysed treatment of HIV in Africa

Health

Mandela catalysed treatment of HIV in Africa

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Health

Relapse of 'cured' men shows HIV is far from beaten

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Drawing on a moon brings out people's best and worst

Drawing on a moon brings out people's best and worst

A collaborative art website launched by artists Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson lets people draw on the surface of a moon-like orb – with surprising results

CultureLab

Earth

Could China combat smog with artificial rain?

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Technology

Towering imagination of a polymath architect-engineer

CultureLab

Technology

Top-down or bottom-up? Two visions of smart cities

CultureLab

Technology

How heat from trains and sewers can warm our homes

Analysis

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