The molecules of outer space: Astronomers have found that the dark regions of interstellar space are teeming with molecules, many formed by unusual chemical reactions that rarely occur on the Earth
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Baikal's hidden depths: For the first time since the Russian Revolution, foreign scientists have a great opportunity to probe the depths of Lake Baikal, the most fascinating freshwater ecosystem on Earth
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Primate origins up in the air again: Extinct creatures that everyone thought were our earliest primate ancestors, finely tuned to life as visual predators, turn out instead to have been exquisitely adapted to gliding
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Circles in the corn: Now is the season for crops to be flattened into strange patterns in fields across southern Britain. Far from being the work of devils or aliens, the circles seem to arise from a combination of atmospheric physics and the local lands
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Will taxonomy go the way of the dinosaurs?: Plans to drop research in some areas of science at the Natural History Museum in London have led to protests from scientists across the world
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News
Technology
Technology: Clear colour tempts Japanese viewers
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Science: Turtles return to 'birth beach' to lay their eggs
News
Science: Jupiter's sodium cloud
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Technology
Technology: Mercury strains the law to get the fax right
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Science: The calm that comes before the quake
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Science: DIY chimp uses a whole box of tools
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Science: Will Americans be first to catch the top quark?
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New Zealand declares war on the possum
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Slow French
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Exile challenge
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Leading lights in the dark
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Ministry regained
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MIT tries again
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Weather wars
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AIDS drug
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Korean aid
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Science: Old stars may shine a light on hidden comets
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Forensic expert slates Maguire analysis
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Britain fails to harvest full fruits of biotechnology
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Hostilities sharpen at embattled museum
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'Dangerous' drugs in Armenian aid
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Egyptians wrestle with the new riddle of the Sphinx
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Cholesterol in your blood - is a little knowledge dangerous?
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US agrees extra funds to safeguard ozone layer
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Concern prompts review of joint R&D rules
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An unexpected honour ..
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British groups call for bill of rights for AIDS sufferers
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Disappearing forests fan fears over tropical action plan
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Communication gaps undermine reports on global warming
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Texans try for the customised cow
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Inside Science: Nature's catalysts - Enzymes do it better
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Opinion
Features
The molecules of outer space: Astronomers have found that the dark regions of interstellar space are teeming with molecules, many formed by unusual chemical reactions that rarely occur on the Earth
Features
Baikal's hidden depths: For the first time since the Russian Revolution, foreign scientists have a great opportunity to probe the depths of Lake Baikal, the most fascinating freshwater ecosystem on Earth
Features
Primate origins up in the air again: Extinct creatures that everyone thought were our earliest primate ancestors, finely tuned to life as visual predators, turn out instead to have been exquisitely adapted to gliding
Features
Circles in the corn: Now is the season for crops to be flattened into strange patterns in fields across southern Britain. Far from being the work of devils or aliens, the circles seem to arise from a combination of atmospheric physics and the local lands
Features
Will taxonomy go the way of the dinosaurs?: Plans to drop research in some areas of science at the Natural History Museum in London have led to protests from scientists across the world
Features
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Review: Our cousins, ourselves
Books & Arts
Review: Orchids in the wastelands
Books & Arts
Review: Cycles, climate and the Sun
Books & Arts
Review: Blots on the landscape
Books & Arts
Review: Children measure the planet's health
Books & Arts
Forum: Piety in the sky - No Graeco-Roman mythology please, we're British
Forum
Review: Ironing out the wrinkles of space-time
Books & Arts
