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Earth

Genes, germs and the origins of politics

A controversial new theory claims fear of infection makes the difference between democracy and dictatorship. Jim Giles investigates

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Physics

Unbreakable: Somerton Man’s poetic mystery

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Physics

Unbreakable: Beale’s buried treasure

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Physics

Unbreakable: The MIT time-lock puzzle

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Physics

Unbreakable: Kryptos, a monument to CIA secrecy

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Physics

Unbreakable: The Voynich manuscript

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Physics

Unbreakable: Elgar’s unread message

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Physics

Unbreakable: The second world war’s last Enigma

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Physics

Unbreakable: Who was the Zodiac killer?

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Life

Colin Pillinger: What Mars rocks can tell us

Meteorite fragments from the Red Planet can hold traces of Martian life, says planetary scientist Colin Pillinger – and you can win one in our exclusive competition

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Technology

2020 vision: Be nice to the telepresence robot

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Technology

2020 vision: Stroll through data in the augmented city

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Technology

2020 vision: Don’t invent, evolve

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Technology

2020 vision: Eat a printed dinner in your printed home

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