Life
Cold-blooded cognition: Tortoises quick on the uptake
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This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Space
We have drift off: Balloons to the edge of space
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Technology
Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz
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Physics
Salad-bar strategy: The battle of the buffet
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Earth
Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase
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Physics
Rhyme and reason: The Victorian poet scientists
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Physics
Seasonal stalactites: The sharp end of icicle science
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Health
Eight lazy ways to lose weight
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Life
Apps for apes: Orang-utans want iPads for Christmas
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Physics
The dust library
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Health
How crossword puzzles mess with your mind
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Health
Level-up life: how gaming can enhance your reality
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Physics
Scrunch time: The peculiar physics of crumpled paper
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The hard way: Our odd desire to do it ourselves
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Life
Ghouls on film: Paranormal photography goes digital
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Table of contents
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Life
Hijack your own dreams to improve your skills
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Technology
How to build a gamma-ray laser with antimatter hybrid
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Miscarriage of justice points to fingerprint flaws
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Life
Learn language faster with gestures
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Life
Stealth tactics of bacteria revealed
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Icy 'hand' moves boulders on Mars
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Technology
Record-busting motorbike will be jet engine on wheels
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Space
Kinect weighs astronauts just by looking at them
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Technology
Robots to enjoy long walks on the beach
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Physics
Smart Guide to 2012: Neutrinos may be tachyons
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Physics
Smart Guide to 2012: Higgs hunt is all about catching Zs
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Earth
Smart Guide to 2012: The Rio Earth Summit
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Technology
Smart Guide to 2012: How best to test machine IQ
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Life
Smart Guide to 2012: How to win at the Olympics
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Life
Smart Guide to 2012: Humans' chimeric origins
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Smart Guide to 2012: The US cyber election
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Technology
Smart Guide to 2012: Billion-dollar price of privacy
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Health
Smart Guide to 2012: Mapping the human brain
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Physics
Smart Guide to 2012: The networks that run the world
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Technology
Review of 2011: The year's biggest news at a glance
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Technology
What Higgs result means for dark matter conspiracy
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Opinion
Aperture
Features
Physics
Rhyme and reason: The Victorian poet scientists
Features
Physics
Seasonal stalactites: The sharp end of icicle science
Features
Health
Eight lazy ways to lose weight
Features
Life
Apps for apes: Orang-utans want iPads for Christmas
Features
Physics
The dust library
Features
Health
How crossword puzzles mess with your mind
Features
Health
Level-up life: how gaming can enhance your reality
Features
Physics
Scrunch time: The peculiar physics of crumpled paper
Features
The hard way: Our odd desire to do it ourselves
Features
Life
Ghouls on film: Paranormal photography goes digital
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