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Searching for Alien Earth
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Review: A metaphysical look at the highest art
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Close encounters of the comet kind
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The musical mind: How do we perceive music? Do Mahler and Madonna have anything in common? A forthcoming television programme reveals some of the answers
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A quantum leap to smaller chips: Semiconducting materials such as gallium arsenide are allowing physicists to create tiny devices tailored to work at the quantum level
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Encounter at the edge of the Solar System: This month the NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 will visit Neptune and its unusual moons – Then, after its last planetary encounter, it will head off into deep space
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