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Egg race
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A clockwork pine – Now we know why some trees get so wound-up
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Little lake has greatness thrust upon it
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Frozen history – The Moon’s poles may hold secrets of the Solar System’s birth
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Memory man fails in libel suit
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Designer enzymes enjoy life in the hot seat
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This week at the AAAS : Mummies’ curse – Codebreakers hold the key to ancient diseases
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A snail’s pace – What has downloading intricate graphics from the Web got to do with entropy? Whatever you do, don’t go surfing for the answer, warns Charles Seife
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Medieval light catches the colours of disease
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To the iceworld – A radar probe will lead NASA’s search for extraterrestrial life
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Space bubbles knock exploded stars into shape
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Well, that’s sorted then . . . – Separating fragments of DNA by their size looks set to become a lot easier
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