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9 September 2009

SPACE

Giant crystals and spherical flames – science in microgravity The International Space Station may still be under construction, but microgravity experiments have been under way for decades. We round up some of the coolest experiments so far in pictures

ECOLOGY

Killer birds brunch on bats’ brains It sounds like the avian equivalent of an Ozzy Osbourne concert. Great tits have been discovered killing and eating bats hibernating in a Hungarian cave by pecking their heads open. See our video of the gruesome action

TECHNOLOGY

Computer processor that runs on thin air The air-puffing processor uses a series of valves…

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