El Salvador's buried roots: Out of the ash of an ancient volcanic eruption, archaeologists are unravelling the complexities of village life in 7th-century Central America
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Froths, foams and heady geometry: The head on a glass of beer doesn't look like a tough geometrical challenge. Yet the way bubbles fit together is intoxicating mathematicians, writes Denis Weaire
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Real juice, pure fraud: Trading standards inspectors in Europe and North America are cracking down on the fraudsters who adulterate fruit juice but sell it as pure, says Tara Patel
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Igniting laser fusion: Will the US government safeguard the future of its weapons designers by parting with almost $1 billion for the construction of the world's most powerful laser? Jeff Hecht reports
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Technology
Technology: Human solution for kidney failure
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Technology
Technology: News camera could squeeze pictures onto disc
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Technology
Technology: Tissue keeps its cool as tumour feels the heat
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Raffle them bones . . .
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Tremors shake confidence in nuclear complex
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Record damage to England's protected wildlife sites
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Green cups
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Measles worry
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Family with back-to-front organs
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Canada cleaner
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No pictures
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Is sludge safe?
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Money for life
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Should the cat take the rap?: Cats in Australia are accused of hunting down the country's rare animals. State and local governments now want them to be registered, neutered or worse. Ian Anderson reports from Melbourne
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Science: Galaxy cluster shot through the heart
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Science: Domesticated cattle show their breeding
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Science: Tough silicon molecule that breaks the rules
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Science: Spanner in the works for particle physics
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Fury over funds for spaceplane
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Piecing together how the brain works
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Chummy chickens are allowed to keep their beaks
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Is it curtains for the ozone hole?
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'Quiet' planes will still keep people awake
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Austrian researcher hounded by Home Office
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Tough challenge for Mandela's science minister
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Industry bosses push for hands-on R&D policy
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Cane toads on the export menu
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Mystery virus linked to asbestos cancer
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Opinion
Features
El Salvador's buried roots: Out of the ash of an ancient volcanic eruption, archaeologists are unravelling the complexities of village life in 7th-century Central America
Features
Froths, foams and heady geometry: The head on a glass of beer doesn't look like a tough geometrical challenge. Yet the way bubbles fit together is intoxicating mathematicians, writes Denis Weaire
Features
Real juice, pure fraud: Trading standards inspectors in Europe and North America are cracking down on the fraudsters who adulterate fruit juice but sell it as pure, says Tara Patel
Features
Igniting laser fusion: Will the US government safeguard the future of its weapons designers by parting with almost $1 billion for the construction of the world's most powerful laser? Jeff Hecht reports
Features
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Forum: Why can't we talk to the animals? - Marc Bekoff sees mice, geese, dogs and chimpanzees as partners, not objects
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Review: The importance of being Alice
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Review: Birth of a big idea
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Review: Cunning ways to feed facts
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Review: Principled poets and hallucinating computers
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