Mixed up over the mantle: Currents of solid rock flowing hundreds of kilometres below the Earth's surface shape the world we know. But only now are geologists beginning to understand them
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Hold the front page . . . It seemed like any other morning. Then out of the blue came 'the discovery of the century, perhaps of all time', and the media were in hot pursuit
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Europe's home-grown fuel: Growing non-food crops in empty fields appears to offer many advantages, but British farmers seem reluctant to cultivate them unless they are paid higher subsidies
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Fever in the urban jungle: Across the globe, the mosquitoes that carry yellow fever are returning in force. Will we be able to cope if the disease strikes a major city?
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Technology
Technology: How shellfish soak up dirty dyes
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Technology: Positive discrimination outside the darkroom
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Technology: Fogs yield drinking water in the desert
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Technology: Pushing in the right direction with a silicon steam engine
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Technology: Volcano watchers draft in radar
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Technology: Students devise cheaper way to measure sway
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Science: Field flowers bring in the aphid-eaters
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Science: Insect genes to tackle toxic waste
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Science: Airborne cameras capture riders on the storm
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Science: Faulty genes work when the splice is right
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Science: A helping hand for arthritis patients
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Science: Massage for the ego could ease the pain
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When seeing is not believing: Digital technology is now so cheap that just about anyone can set themselves up as a photographic forger. Can we ever trust the camera again?
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Polluting lights
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Fame for a fly
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Anti-Cornell
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Multiple missiles
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Einstein's waves
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Saving the cave walls of China
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Out of court
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Taiwan accuses princess of smuggling rhino horn
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High Court acquits Sellafield
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Crime plan at odds with US figures
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What's new bureaucrat?
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Greens turn blue to save the seas
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Black hole swallows third spacecraft
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Automation takes a hand in passport control
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Menu change for air-dropped meals
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Snapshot of a medieval city
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Uncertain future for Alpine bonecrushers
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. . . while German report confronts industry claims
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Gene rivals who sparked a revolution
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Fast track to British fields for altered plants . . .
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Opinion
Features
Mixed up over the mantle: Currents of solid rock flowing hundreds of kilometres below the Earth's surface shape the world we know. But only now are geologists beginning to understand them
Features
Hold the front page . . . It seemed like any other morning. Then out of the blue came 'the discovery of the century, perhaps of all time', and the media were in hot pursuit
Features
Europe's home-grown fuel: Growing non-food crops in empty fields appears to offer many advantages, but British farmers seem reluctant to cultivate them unless they are paid higher subsidies
Features
Fever in the urban jungle: Across the globe, the mosquitoes that carry yellow fever are returning in force. Will we be able to cope if the disease strikes a major city?
Features
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