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Science : Dead star sends us high-speed debris

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Science : Galaxy points `finger' of antimatter

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Science : Superconductor survives mag attack

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The alien spotters

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Science : Dynamic duo spin close to the edge

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Review : Reflections on relativity

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Forum : Just who did discover the electron?

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Going with the flow - It was a bright summer's day in 1988 when a man cycling beside a river was struck by a Big Idea. Marcus Chown reports

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Review : When two tribes go to war

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Science : Runaway stars begin with a blast from the past

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Science : Dying stars squeeze energy out of nothing

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Einstein's insights come into focus

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