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The strange world of the exotic atom

Physicists can now make atoms and molecules containing negative particles other than electrons, and use them not just to test theories, but also to fight cancer

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Waves, tides and tsunamis

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Gardeners of the underworld: Burrowing animals play a vital role in nature’s economy, cycling and recycling soil and sediment and whatever might be in them. Burrowers can also have unexpected impacts on the world above

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Tsunami waves wiped out prehistoric Scottish communities

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Making sense of the genome’s secrets: Thousands of researchers around the world are gradually revealing how our genetic material is made up. Collecting and collating their results has forced computer scientists to reconsider the way we store and use info

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The chimpanzee’s medicine chest: Chimps seem to dose themselves with drugs when they are feeling low. Plants with the power to do chimps good may have potential for treating human disorders, too

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Budget blues in Budapest: Financial cuts are forcing Hungarian scientists to rely increasingly on the international scientific community for support. But this is creating its own problems

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Everything for nothing: Some audacious new physics based on the fluctuations of empty space may unify the forces of nature, explain why quantum theory works and where the Universe comes from

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Biology looks to yeast for genetic insights

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The all-conquering weed reveals its secrets

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Genetic markers put pigs on the map

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Life

Death on the steppe: The case of the frozen bison

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Why bricks have lift but cannot fly

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Physics

Flight of the Frisbee

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