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The real lesson from the bird flu storm

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The real lesson from the bird flu storm

The controversy over whether work on airborne bird flu can be published shows that transparency is vital to upholding public trust

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Is Obama about to blow his climate credentials?

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Is Obama about to blow his climate credentials?

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Can we really 'cure' autism?

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Can we really 'cure' autism?

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Time for science to seize political power

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Wind power delivers too much to ignore

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Wind power delivers too much to ignore

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Time to halt our massive waste of food – here's how

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Time to halt our massive waste of food – here's how

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Poison pill: Not all mercury is toxic

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Poison pill: Not all mercury is toxic

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West vs Asia education rankings are misleading

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West vs Asia education rankings are misleading

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How to reduce the toll from US gun violence

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How to reduce the toll from US gun violence

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Dogs – great people pleasers, less good as chauffeurs

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Dogs – great people pleasers, less good as chauffeurs

Videos of dogs driving cars have become a global hit and prompted wild claims of canine intelligence. Not so fast, argues an animal cognition researcher

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How does a traffic cop ticket a driverless car?

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How human biology can prevent drug deaths

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The UK's new dash for gas is a dangerous gamble

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Technology

Why the world is arguing over who runs the internet

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