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<i>Mondo Nano</i>: What video games can teach nanoscience

Technology

Mondo Nano: What video games can teach nanoscience

At very small scales, engineering becomes indistinguishable from video game design, claims Colin Milburn in his new book. Should science open itself up to play?

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Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking

Life

Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking

Opinion

New Apollo programme wants moonshot budget to boost renewables

Earth

New Apollo programme wants moonshot budget to boost renewables

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Gadgets powered wirelessly at home with a simple Wi-Fi router

Technology

Gadgets powered wirelessly at home with a simple Wi-Fi router

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Technology

Solar-cell thread heralds promise of wearable chargers

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The whole hog: Unpacking our love-hate relationship with the pig

Life

The whole hog: Unpacking our love-hate relationship with the pig

CultureLab

Dust from asteroid mining spells danger for satellites

Space

Dust from asteroid mining spells danger for satellites

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Intelligent life: Why don't we consider plants to be smart?

Life

Intelligent life: Why don't we consider plants to be smart?

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Physics

Getting an insight into Einstein's worlds

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Einstein and Schrödinger: The price of fame

Physics

Einstein and Schrödinger: The price of fame

From personal feuds to fruitless quests to overhaul quantum theory, the two physics legends fought hard to maintain their fame, argues a new book

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Life

How to Clone a Mammoth: But should we?

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Life

Last chance plan to save world's rarest ape, the Hainan gibbon

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Technology

Step into this van Gogh painting recreated with virtual reality

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Life

Life before death: How dying affects living minds

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