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Comment: Hail to the intellectual president

Comment: Hail to the intellectual president

Barack Obama has banished the knee-jerk anti-intellectualism of the Bush years, but he needs to make the change permanent, argues Chris Mooney

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Quantum arguments for God veer into mumbo-jumbo

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Herschel and Planck: The countdown begins

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Herschel and Planck: The countdown begins

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Beating the science cheats

Beating the science cheats

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Expert analysis: Mexican swine flu – the story so far

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Expert analysis: Mexican swine flu – the story so far

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Science in the media: Put up or shut up

Science in the media: Put up or shut up

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We need to tell ET the truth about humanity

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Latest human cloning claims leave sour taste

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Latest human cloning claims leave sour taste

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Carbon trading won't stop climate change

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Carbon trading won't stop climate change

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Existential vertigo over human origins

Pondering human origins at a conference in Arizona, Amanda Gefter is awed at the series of events that led or may have led to intelligent beings on Earth

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The battle for Turkey's soul

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In defence of the Red List

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Realities of boozing are tough to swallow

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Anatomy of a book prize

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