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Physics
Lightning directed by laser beams
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Reptile grew feather-like structures before dinosaurs
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Technology
Fibre optics to connect Japan to the UK 鈥� via the Arctic
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Life
Microraptor’s glossy black feather coat reconstructed
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Deep future: Where will we live?
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Life
Fossil penguin may have been tallest ever
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Environment
Was early ungulate first mammal to echolocate?
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Tapping technology will create bounty for all
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Technology
Should police and coastguards use laser dazzlers?
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Life
Jurassic katydid sings out after 165 million years
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Life
Lost treasures: The Maxberg Archaeopteryx
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Physics
Smallest magnetic memory uses just 12 atoms
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