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Shaking the foundations of mathematics: There are many interpretations of mathematics. The one we use has proved itself. But what would happen to our view of the Universe if we experimented with another?
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From cancer to cholesterol: Thirty or so years after exposing the link between smoking and lung cancer, Richard Doll is trying to get to the bottom of another health controversy - the link between diet and heart disease
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Life
Why gossip is good for you
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How flash wins when the chips are down: The ideal computer memory would be as small and work as fast as a chip, be erasable and hold on to its data even when the power is off. Say hello to flash . . .
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The wrong route to Docklands: London's Docklands provide a perfect example of how not to regenerate an area through business. The fault is not with the buildings, but the transport infrastructure
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Technology
Technology: Salad days for bacteria
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Science: Pluto's moon is a giant snowball
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Science: How cocaine could really blow your mind
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Technology
Technology: Network set to put journals in the picture
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Science: Devil's Hole discovery hots up row over ice ages
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Science: It's all in the phylum for slugs with legs
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Science: Chemical switch gives green light to faster computing
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Science: A taste of soy keeps cancer at bay?
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Digital radio
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Focus: Britain's plan to revitalise its industry with bright ideas was inspired by a German concept. But the second-hand version is a poor copy of the original - German innovation, British imitation
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Ease gene laws, say German MPs
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Pests in the post threaten crops in Hawaii
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Russian seed bank runs out of credit
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The big sleep
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Money well spent
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Unforthcoming
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Tuneful tutu makes its debut
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Danger for dentists
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Death by dung. . .
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. . . and air pollution
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Russian goods rocket into America
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Space: Europe's flagging frontier
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Disappointment over Darwin cash
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Spooks undermine commercial secrecy
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White whale sighted in the southern seas
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Doctors and activists clash over AIDS in Asia
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India launches own-brand AZT
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Would-be waste smugglers face execution
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Pint pots designed to banish bitterness
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Ozone treaty in jeopardy
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Chancellor claws back funds for research
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Crumbling pipes pepper water with lead
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Opinion
Features
These cells were made for learning
Features
Shaking the foundations of mathematics: There are many interpretations of mathematics. The one we use has proved itself. But what would happen to our view of the Universe if we experimented with another?
Features
From cancer to cholesterol: Thirty or so years after exposing the link between smoking and lung cancer, Richard Doll is trying to get to the bottom of another health controversy - the link between diet and heart disease
Features
Life
Why gossip is good for you
Features
How flash wins when the chips are down: The ideal computer memory would be as small and work as fast as a chip, be erasable and hold on to its data even when the power is off. Say hello to flash . . .
Features
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Review: A walk on South Africa's wild side
Books & Arts
Review: A fascinating obsession
Books & Arts
Forum: Spread the word on science - Michael Kenward insists that the White Paper must consider the public dimension
Forum
Forum: What gave art its start - John Cornell wonders where many of the arts would be without science and technology
Forum
Review: A world of early learning
Books & Arts
Review: A metaphysical look at the highest art
Books & Arts
Review: Featherlight look at birds
Books & Arts
Review: Alienating views
Books & Arts
Review: How to think unnaturally
Books & Arts
Review: Leap, song and flight
Books & Arts
Review: In search of bird men and bird women
Books & Arts
Review: Calling asteroids names
Books & Arts
