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Four billion years of Earth's shifting seasons

In The Goldilocks Planet, palaeoclimatologists Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams lay out how the climate has varied throughout Earth's history. It's a tall order.

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The likelihood of waking up dead

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How robotics can offer clues to evolution

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Lifting the lid on Schrödinger's world

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Earth

Fracking could foil carbon capture plans

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A tale of two classics: biology vs economics

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A tale of two classics: biology vs economics

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Get tantric at meal times to enjoy what you eat

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Puzzles of evolution: Why aren't we more like chimps?

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Puzzles of evolution: Why aren't we more like chimps?

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Beware skeletons, for they mislead

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An insider's view on the big bang

Astronomer Chris Impey provides an impressive guide to the history of the cosmos in How it Began: A time-traveler's guide to the universe

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Why a soundscape is worth a thousand pictures

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Life

Chimp prodigy shows signs of human-like intelligence

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Humanity and the history of computing

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Don't compare Fukushima to Chernobyl

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