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Chemical weapons sniffed quickly by zappy detector

A portable detector can quickly spot tiny amounts of chemical weapons like mustard gas that are one hundredth of the lethal level by zapping air

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Eureka relived: Gunpowder blasts from the past

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Eureka relived: Gunpowder blasts from the past

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Russia to cut up 'floating Chernobyl' but risks remain

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Russia to cut up 'floating Chernobyl' but risks remain

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The nitty-gritty of killing off WMDs

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The nitty-gritty of killing off WMDs

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Bulletproof graphene makes ultra-strong body armour

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Bulletproof graphene makes ultra-strong body armour

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Gun sensors could hold US cops to account

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Gun sensors could hold US cops to account

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Strange love for cold-war-era slide rules

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Strange love for cold-war-era slide rules

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Iran nuke deal blocked after key inspections refused

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Iran nuke deal blocked after key inspections refused

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Automated killer robots come with enormous risks

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Automated killer robots come with enormous risks

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World War R: Rise of the killer robots

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World War R: Rise of the killer robots

When robots fight in place of soldiers, will wars have fewer civilian casualties? Or will the world slide into non-stop conflict?

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Life

Ethical trap: robot paralysed by choice of who to save

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Myths and reality of the Nazi space rocket

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What was the Malaysian jet doing over a war zone?

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Old ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ: 50 years of nuclear fears and fantasies

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