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Can they do science?: There are more than 100 000 disabled scientists and engineers working worldwide. Computer technology is helping to break down barriers

The thinking machine’s guide to computing: When a group of renegade researchers decided to build a machine that could reason, they did not expect to take on the computing industry. Now they are part of the establishment

A shanty town that’s here to stay

The cost of clean blood: Donated blood is still a significant source of HIV infection in developing countries. Although cheap and simple tests are now available, the resources to buy them are not

Surveying the options: Can a nation’s mappers do a proper job without government support? David Rhind thought they could, but that was before he became the head of the Ordnance Survey

Trees to fuel Africa’s fires

A trip into the unknown

Not all fun at the fair: Many people face serious injury at funfairs this bank holiday weekend. The government’s safety inspectors want tougher rules to control the way fairground equipment is designed to thrill

Licensed to thrill: Human frailty rather than engineering expertise, it seems, limits the design of modern rollercoasters. But they are still becoming bigger and more daring

Can exercise damage your health?

Athletes who train hard seem unusually prone to illness. But the complexities of the immune system make it difficult to understand why

High noon for solar neutrinos: Fewer neutrinos reach the Earth than particle physicists predict. Are their theories wrong or do we know less than we thought about the Sun?

The deadly cloud hanging over Cameroon: A lethal gas bubbled up from the bottom of Lake Nyos six years ago, killing thousands of people and livestock. Years of study have revealed why, but the risk of disaster remains

The shape of TV to come?: Europe’s electronics companies are desperate for consumers to start buying new widescreen TVs. But no one, especially the manufacturers, seems to know which technology to back

A record for electronics: Never before has so much electronics technology been used at an Olympiad to monitor performances, record achievements and communicate with an audience of more than 3 billion