Many neurons make light work?: Until recently we thought the cortex behaved like a dictatorship, governing every move we made. But now some think the central nervous system may have more in common with a democracy
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Who will underwrite the Hurricane? - Severe storms have cost insurance companies more than $40 billion over the past six years. While governments fail to agree about the threat of global warming, falling profits are forcing insurers to find out for them
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Chemists on trial: the inside story
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Strangers on the shore: They came crawling out of the oceans 450 million years ago, leaving footprints in the sand. But just what were they ?
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Science: Henna dyes nylon a greener shade of yellow
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Science: A down-to-earth test for general relativity
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Science: Slow-acting poison deals locusts a double blow
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Science: When sperm meets egg, it's electrifying
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Science: A handful of dust makes a happy hen
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Science: Burning at the K-T boundary
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Science: Broken teeth tell a tale of competing carnivores
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Science: New light on cancer treatment
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Science: Pacific asteroid
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Science: Bacteria hold the key to genetic pollution
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The return of the medicine show
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Backhander
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Full board
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How it works
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And today's radiation reading is . . .
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Human factor
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Tragic flaw
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Long storage
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Tests fail
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Medical research: caught in the crossfile - Reverberations from a report into eight of London's most prominent research hospitals may be felt by medical researchers across the country
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Computer games paint sound pictures for the blind
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Only the tamest survive tourists
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How to tell when a cat's in a flap
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The makings of feline friendliness
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Europe dams Greek river project
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Shrinking future for Britain's microengineers
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A mile's as good as an inch . . .
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Acid rain 'not guilty' of killing amphibians
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Ill feeling over sick plane syndrome
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Twin view of starry future
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Swarm of protest greets pest control by wasps
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Equality law could backfire on medical researchers
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Wellcome under fire over 'old' AZT data
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Own up, says NASA, we won't sack you
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Where in the world are the most powerful computers?
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Opinion
Features
Many neurons make light work?: Until recently we thought the cortex behaved like a dictatorship, governing every move we made. But now some think the central nervous system may have more in common with a democracy
Features
Who will underwrite the Hurricane? - Severe storms have cost insurance companies more than $40 billion over the past six years. While governments fail to agree about the threat of global warming, falling profits are forcing insurers to find out for them
Features
Technology
Chemists on trial: the inside story
Features
Strangers on the shore: They came crawling out of the oceans 450 million years ago, leaving footprints in the sand. But just what were they ?
Features
