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The dust library

Physics

The dust library

Specks of dust are as unique as snowflakes – but no one had ever paid much attention to what individual particles are made of. Until now. Kate Douglas reports

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We have drift off: Balloons to the edge of space

Space

We have drift off: Balloons to the edge of space

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Eight lazy ways to lose weight

Health

Eight lazy ways to lose weight

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Seasonal stalactites: The sharp end of icicle science

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Seasonal stalactites: The sharp end of icicle science

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Salad-bar strategy: The battle of the buffet

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Salad-bar strategy: The battle of the buffet

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Cold-blooded cognition: Tortoises quick on the uptake

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Cold-blooded cognition: Tortoises quick on the uptake

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The hard way: Our odd desire to do it ourselves

The hard way: Our odd desire to do it ourselves

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Rhyme and reason: The Victorian poet scientists

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Rhyme and reason: The Victorian poet scientists

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Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase

Earth

Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase

Japan also had a heroic explorer dashing to the South Pole 100 years ago – and he did it on a shoestring, says Stephanie Pain

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Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz

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Level-up life: how gaming can enhance your reality

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Life

Apps for apes: Orang-utans want iPads for Christmas

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Life

Ghouls on film: Paranormal photography goes digital

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