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Life
On the origins of human spite
News
Life
Physics tool makes students miss the point
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Life
How bacteria tails whip up a thrust storm
News
Life
The secret energy store of enzymes revealed
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Life
Evolution of humour could make computers laugh
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Life
Jackson Pollock ‘fractals’ painted in a new light
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Physics
Quantum untanglement: Is spookiness under threat?
Features
Life
Social networking may determine political success
News
Earth
Sapphire ‘quakes’ hint at a law of fractures
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Life
Mistrust rises with social diversity
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Science in Fiction: A Certain Ambiguity by Gaurav Suri and Hartosh Singh Bal
Books & Arts
Physics
Predicting change, not a moment too soon
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