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Nicholas Carr: Surfing our way to stupid

By reshaping our minds, the internet is robbing us of the ability to think critically and creatively, says the author of The Shallows

Books & Arts

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The great and the (quite) good: best books of 2009

Books & Arts

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How much would you pay to be happy?

Books & Arts

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Do artefacts belong in museums?

Books & Arts

Green machine: Wave power line jacks into the grid

Earth

Green machine: Wave power line jacks into the grid

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Life

Infrared chlorophyll could boost solar cells

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Orang-utan psychologist: Watching the ape pantomime

Life

Orang-utan psychologist: Watching the ape pantomime

Opinion

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How astrocoders have mapped the universe

Books & Arts

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The hokum and hubris of geoengineering our climate

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Rubella epidemic stories warn us why vaccines matter

In Dangerous Pregnancies, Leslie Reagan tells the traumatic but inspiring story of the 1960s US rubella epidemic

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Artificial ape man: How technology created humans

Books & Arts

Earth

Pee is for power: Your electrifying excretions

Features

Technology

Lung-style fuel cell needs less bling for more oomph

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Green machine: Fighting the efficiency fallacies

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