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Out in the cold

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It's in the bag

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Chuck it out

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No more kicks

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An abrupt end to the saurian saga

DINOSAURS really did go out with a bang, say researchers in Wisconsin. While many palaeontologists think a meteorite impact 65 million years ago led to the great reptiles' abrupt demise, others claim that the creatures were already on the verge of extinction, citing a supposed lack of dinosaur fossils in rocks laid down in the …

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Deep-sea debut

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Killer cure

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Punctured belief

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Not so total recall

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A light push

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Never a crossed word

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That's torn it

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Read my hips

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Blighted lives

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Old solar mirrors probe deep space

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Drug cheerleaders

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It's never safe

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The dirt on America

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Going, going ...

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Gently does it

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Bad helplines breach security

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Sounding out stinks

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Marathon tape

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Seein' in the rain

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No French connection

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Dawn of crops

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A real lifesaver

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Blot the difference

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A blast of hot antibodies zaps tumours

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The eyes have it

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Technology

Flying camel

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Technology

Gum without mess

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Technology

Everlasting power

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Gene smuggler

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Animal magnetism

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Half fish, half robot

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The big picture

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Red faces all round

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NASA.com

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Earth

Spotting malaria

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Earth

Chip off the old block

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Earth

Big break

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Earth

Methane munchers go slow

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Going for a spin

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Global infection

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Opinion

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Westminster Diary

WHEN asbestos was banned from vehicle brake pads more than a decade ago, copper was the replacement. Now a study by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency finds that the concentrations of copper on the roadside verges are two or three times as high as background levels, and increasing (New Scientist, 1 April, p 19) . …

Opinion

Assaulting our rivers

Opinion

Trust me, I'm a doctor

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Only a game?

Opinion

Life

The woman who dared to ask

Opinion

What mad cows?

Opinion

No quick fix

Opinion

Features

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Out in the cold

THE UNIVERSE is the way it is because if it weren't we wouldn't be here to see it. Profound insight or empty truism? This is the "anthropic principle", and in the past few years it has been embraced by many cosmologists to explain some of the most mystifying features of the Universe. But it leaves …

Features

It's in the bag

Features

Chuck it out

Features

No more kicks

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Put this in your pipe

Can you become dependent on cannabis? Many users would deny it, pointing to the lack of a clearly defined withdrawal syndrome. Yet up to half of those who use the drug daily find it difficult to cut down, and continue to use it despite the problems it throws up in their lives. In The Science …

Books & Arts

Sex and death

Books & Arts

Lepidoptery and Lolita

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A Monk and Two Peas by Robin Marantz Henig

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Letterly order

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Get messy

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Winning words

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Now, take an element, any element

Books & Arts

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The Last Word

Frazzled Question : Why do people get grumpy when they are tired? Does it require more energy to be cheerful or something? Answer : If you are tired, communicating with other people is an effort. Your grumpiness discourages them from trying to be sociable. Conversely, if you are cheerful, they are more likely to talk …

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