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Beyond torture: The future of interrogation

Life

Beyond torture: The future of interrogation

Coercive techniques like waterboarding can inflict as much psychological harm as crude physical torture. They are both inhumane and ineffective

Features

The US is lagging on nuclear reactor technology

Earth

The US is lagging on nuclear reactor technology

News

Inside the biggest tornado hunt in history

Earth

Inside the biggest tornado hunt in history

Features

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Earth

Utah alleges conspiracy on climate change data

News

Back to the drawing board with missile-beating laser

Technology

Back to the drawing board with missile-beating laser

News

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Technology

Skeleton sliders hurtle down test track without moving

News

Iran showing fastest scientific growth of any country

Iran showing fastest scientific growth of any country

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Earth

New US reactors still awaiting safety approval

News

Space 2020: what NASA will do next

Space

Space 2020: what NASA will do next

News

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Space

A turning point for space exploration

The White House plan to privatise some of NASA's activities may sound mundane, but it has far-reaching consequences

Opinion

Health

Stop patents on diagnostic genes, says US panel

News

Earth

US budget gives nuclear power a yea and big oil a nay

News

Life

US babies mysteriously shrinking

News

Earth

America 'imports' pollution from Asia

News

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