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This week's magazine



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Earth

‘Green roofs’ could cool warming cities

Covering buildings in vegetation could cut the need for energy-sapping air conditioning and reduce local warming

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Space

Could space colonies be political utopia?

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Earth

Alien birds save Hawaiian natives

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Cheap cervical cancer vaccine for poor nations

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Earth

Arctic ice shrinks to record low

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60 Seconds

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Earth

Bush softens stance on climate change

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A third of US kids pop dietary pills

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Life

Genetic testing: informed choice or waste of money?

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Earth

World failing on sustainable development

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Earth

Extent of Windscale contamination was covered up

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World faces polio dilemma

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Soundbites

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Physics

Universe explained by quantum randomness

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Space

‘Black-hole universe’ might explain dark energy

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This week 50 years ago

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Reprogrammed immune system fights cancer

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Tea might pose fluoride risk

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Ecstasy may help in the search for an anorexia drug

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Life

Bilingual babies show language lag

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Space

Are signals last gasp of a dying black hole?

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Doctors ‘switch off’ feelings of empathy

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Chilli-based anaesthetic won’t leave you drooling

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Life

Sabre-tooth’s growl was worse than its bite

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Earth

How did the ‘Little Ice Age’ boost forests in Mexico?

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Life

Satellite images may hold Burmese junta to account

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Technology

Magnetic device to augment satellite GPS

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Technology

Gizmo

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Earth

Semiconductor uses the sun to split water

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Technology

Baby’s errors are crucial first step for a smarter robot

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Technology

Smart sheets let gadgets talk through their feet

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Technology

Smart composite detects and repairs airplane cracks

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