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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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One from the heart - Genuine four-leafed clovers and a paperweight with your own DNA in it. Rosie Mestel sifts through the daft presents dreamt up by people who should be grappling with universal truths

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Young blood NEW LIFE

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A feel for shells - Ever since his fingers first encountered the drab, chalky shells of the North Sea, Geerat Vermeij has had a passion for the natural world

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The science behind Baywatch - Wet sag, butt rub and butt creep are just some of the challenges faced by TV's beach heroines. Rosie Mestel reports

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Science : Dozing echidnas sleep like newborn babies

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What's behind a crooked smile? How our expressions can hide the truth

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Slowed down speech may help dyslexics

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Arts of seduction

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Lab coats in Tinseltown

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Shark extract takes a bite out of sexual diseases

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Music for the senses

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