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Perfect harmonies: How music was built into science

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Perfect harmonies: How music was built into science

Music was key to Western teaching from Plato up to the 18th century. In Music and the Making of Modern Science, Peter Pesic claims it shaped today's science

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A glorious, comprehensive A to Z of living birds

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A glorious, comprehensive A to Z of living birds

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Meeting the human faces of the internet's dark places

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Meeting the human faces of the internet's dark places

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Just how rare is intelligent life in the universe?

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Just how rare is intelligent life in the universe?

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Sea of selfies – social media's monoculture threat

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Sea of selfies – social media's monoculture threat

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Human harp makes music by playing the Brooklyn Bridge

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Human harp makes music by playing the Brooklyn Bridge

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The surprising power of the unseen

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The surprising power of the unseen

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A globetrotting, water-saving tour of sewage gardens

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A globetrotting, water-saving tour of sewage gardens

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Festival shows the promises and perils of open data

Festival shows the promises and perils of open data

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Urban growth: bio-bricks offer a whiff of the future

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Urban growth: bio-bricks offer a whiff of the future

The latest addition to the New York skyline is more than a smelly oddity: bricks made from corn stalks and mushrooms could be used to build disaster relief shelters

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When art changes the rules for science

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Psychedelic cells are fruit of Alan Turing's equations

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Art by algorithm: Computer evolves new artworks

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A parent's guide to reading a baby's mind

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