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Humans

Syria chemical attack looks like nerve gas – and was no accident

Victims' symptoms suggest yesterday's Syrian government air strike may have used sarin, and other evidence discounts a stray hit on a rebel weapons cache

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Southern Milky Way

Space

Oddball star could be home to long-sought superheavy elements

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Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

Earth

Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

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Kim Jong-nam

Health

Was Kim Jong-nam killed by VX nerve gas? Doesn’t look like it

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Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

Life

Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

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A man looking exhausted

Life

Metabolic switch may bring on chronic fatigue syndrome

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A crystal

Physics

World’s first time crystals cooked up using new recipe

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oxygen bubbles

Earth

Complex life may have had a false start 2.3 billion years ago

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An octofoil

Life

Molecules tied into beautiful 'octofoil' knot for first time

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Carbon seen bonding with six other atoms for the first time

Earth

Carbon seen bonding with six other atoms for the first time

A pyramid-shaped carbon molecule breaks one of the most basic lessons of chemistry textbooks – bonding with six other atoms instead of the typical four

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Life

Carbon cascade reveals fresh look to the element of life

Regulars

Space

Giant ball of gas is a totally stinky galactic chemistry lab

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Technology

Nanocrystal night-vision specs will let you see in infrared

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Physics

The fragile state of scientific glassblowing

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