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Let’s make nodules – Underground and in the dark, there’s a subtle chemistry that brings bacteria and plants together in the ultimate marriage of convenience. Rosie Mestel gets to the root of the seduction
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One from the heart – Genuine four-leafed clovers and a paperweight with your own DNA in it. Rosie Mestel sifts through the daft presents dreamt up by people who should be grappling with universal truths
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Young blood NEW LIFE
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A feel for shells – Ever since his fingers first encountered the drab, chalky shells of the North Sea, Geerat Vermeij has had a passion for the natural world
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The science behind Baywatch – Wet sag, butt rub and butt creep are just some of the challenges faced by TV’s beach heroines. Rosie Mestel reports
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Science : Dozing echidnas sleep like newborn babies
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What’s behind a crooked smile? How our expressions can hide the truth
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Slowed down speech may help dyslexics
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Arts of seduction
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Lab coats in Tinseltown
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Shark extract takes a bite out of sexual diseases
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Music for the senses
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