Desert melting pots - Intriguing relics of a technique for making steel previously known only from early manuscripts have been found in Central Asia. Michael Bond reports
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Batteries not included - They keep on working long after space batteries have conked out. Ben Iannotta discovers how NASA is putting a new spin on energy storage
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An eye bigger than the Earth - Held together by a cat's cradle of wire, an orbiting radio telescope is set to offer astronomers an unprecedented view of the most distant objects in the Universe, writes Marcus Chown
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Let's make nodules - Underground and in the dark, there's a subtle chemistry that brings bacteria and plants together in the ultimate marriage of convenience. Rosie Mestel gets to the root of the seduction
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Technology
Technology : Light turns into sounds for blind people
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Science : Slimmed down diet is best for soil-cleaning bacteria
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Science : Buckytubes to be built to order
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Life
Science : Twists of life written in the stars
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Technology
Technology : Coal power gets a good scrub
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Technology
Technology : Spy stations catch the sound of falling space rocks
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Science : BSE protein could help fight disease
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Science : A full Moon warms icy wastes
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Science : Mongoose's secret is to copy its prey
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Science : Dark matter blamed for mass extinctions on Earth
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Science : When it's better to build on the fault
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Europe launches a licence to hard drive
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Canadian law won't help wanderers
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Gas build-up fear puts pressure on Nirex…
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…as cracks show in plutonium disposal scheme
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They like things big in Texas
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Ten-year warning
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India saves forests
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Happy surfing
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Broken hearts
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Dusty lungs
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The WHO strikes mid-life crisis - Next year, the World Health Organization is 50 years old. Unfortunately, there will be no shortage of party poopers at the birthday celebrations
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Dud drugs dumped in crisis zones
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Sheep dips poison river life
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Pregnant women get that shrinking feeling
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Fresh alarm over threatened sperm
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Research cuts may put reactor safety at risk
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Land of the rising yen aims to catch up with the West
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Trade `should be duty free' on Net
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Opinion
Features
Desert melting pots - Intriguing relics of a technique for making steel previously known only from early manuscripts have been found in Central Asia. Michael Bond reports
Features
Batteries not included - They keep on working long after space batteries have conked out. Ben Iannotta discovers how NASA is putting a new spin on energy storage
Features
An eye bigger than the Earth - Held together by a cat's cradle of wire, an orbiting radio telescope is set to offer astronomers an unprecedented view of the most distant objects in the Universe, writes Marcus Chown
Features
Let's make nodules - Underground and in the dark, there's a subtle chemistry that brings bacteria and plants together in the ultimate marriage of convenience. Rosie Mestel gets to the root of the seduction
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