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Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart
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This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Swine flu: Eight myths that could endanger your life
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Where do ghosts come from?
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Swine flu myth: This is just mild flu. The death rates are even lower than for normal flu
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Swine flu myth: You're safe as long as you're healthy. Only sick, weak people get really ill
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Swine flu myth: The symptoms are like regular flu. You've got it if you've got a fever
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Swine flu myth: I'll be OK if I just eat organic food, take vitamins, wear a mask, wash my hands a lot and drink plenty of fluids
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Swine flu myth: It's OK now because we have a vaccine. In fact, we have several
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Swine flu myth: This virus won't get deadlier - that isn't in a germ's interests
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Swine flu myth: Once this pandemic is over we'll be safe for another few decades
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Life
Real sea monsters: The hunt for predator X
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Health
Swine flu myth: The vaccine isn't safe - it has been rushed through tests and the last time there was a swine flu scare the vaccine hurt people. Why take the risk to prevent mild flu?
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Table of contents
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Space
Asteroid blast reveals holes in Earth's defences
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Earth
How laundry could slash US carbon emissions
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Earth
US FDA says omega-3 oils from GM soya are safe to eat
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Health
Lost limb leads to flexible new body image
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Life
Cervical cancer vaccine reminds girls of sexual risks
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Health
US swine flu vaccine too late to beat autumn wave
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Astronomer names 400 planets in one go
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Earth
Pay us oil money, or the rainforest gets it
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60 Seconds
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Life
Brain scanners can tell what you're thinking about
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Where will NASA send its astronauts next?
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Life
Multiplying universes: How many is the multiverse?
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Life
Genome firm finds gene for sneeze, but no diseases yet
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Earth
Microbes' globe-trotting has made them less diverse
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Life
Magnetic 'eyesight' helps birds find their way
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Space
Signs of alien worlds from long ago and far, far away
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Space
Voices of long-dead stars haunt the galaxy
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Technology
Living wallpaper that devices can relate to
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Technology
Pass, retweet or fail whale? Teacher tweets tell tales
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Technology
Sticky future for the spider suture
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Technology
Clever 'chopped' cars promise cheap electric commuting
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Space
Space junk piles up into threat to future launches
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Technology
Long-range Taser raises fears of shock and injury
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Earth
Plan to protect polar bears' icy habitat
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Life
Mothering matters, but grandmothering counts too
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Opinion
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Swine flu myth: This is just mild flu. The death rates are even lower than for normal flu
Features
Swine flu myth: You're safe as long as you're healthy. Only sick, weak people get really ill
Features
Swine flu myth: The symptoms are like regular flu. You've got it if you've got a fever
Features
Swine flu myth: I'll be OK if I just eat organic food, take vitamins, wear a mask, wash my hands a lot and drink plenty of fluids
Features
Swine flu myth: It's OK now because we have a vaccine. In fact, we have several
Features
Swine flu myth: This virus won't get deadlier - that isn't in a germ's interests
Features
Swine flu myth: Once this pandemic is over we'll be safe for another few decades
Features
