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Life

Deep life: Strange creatures living far below our feet

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Stealth drugs: Panacea pills make targeted kills

Health

The early turd: Our history is written in poo

Space

Heart on fire: Our galaxy’s black hole is set to blow

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Earth

‘Carbon bubble’ threatens climate negotiations

If a binding global agreement were made to stop dangerous climate change, the value of major oil and gas companies could be slashed by up to 60 per cent

Earth

Sichuan quake highlights threat to China’s dams

Earth

Investigators seek trigger for Texas blast

Environment

Antares rocket launch heats up private space race

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Humans

Not just athletes 鈥� now horses are on steroids

Health

Russian space zoo tests to boost astronaut performance

Technology

Chemical weapons inspectors ready to enter Syria

Technology

Nowhere to hide: The next manhunt will be crowdsourced

Life

Water worlds bring us closer to finding Earth’s twin

Brazilian twist to tale of the first Americans

Space

‘Big Brother’ applicants wanted for one-way Mars trip

Physics

Quantum effects get a weirdness scale

Earth

Rocks re-emerge after 2.5 billion years in mantle

Earth

Antarctic freeze paved the way for baleen whales

Earth

Ocean pump keeps northern hemisphere hot

Health

Emerging consciousness glimpsed in babies

Health

Optical tweezers clear blocked blood vessels

Earth

Bacteria churn out first ever petrol-like biofuel

Earth

Can big quakes trigger others far away?

Environment

Zoologger: Picture-winged fly quenches thirst on sperm

Health

Three plus green equals four for synaesthetes

Health

Radioactive bacteria nuke pancreatic cancer in mice

Life

Nano-sized protractor measures molecule movement

Space

Astrophile: Void galaxy trio aligns with dark filament

Technology

Voice-based web access helps illiterate get online

Humans

Happiness tracking software could gauge mood in photos

Health

E-tattoo monitors brainwaves and baby bump

Technology

Kinect plus projector makes anything a remote control

Opinion

Health

Losing your sense of smell. How bad can it be?

It might not be as worrying as losing your sight or hearing, but loss of smell can cause great misery, and something can be done about it

Technology

Citizen cops: Don’t write them off just yet

Health

Psychiatry needs its Higgs boson moment

Environment

Hunting wildlife’s illegal traders online

Health

Living without smell or flavour

Analysis

Health

Social media made Boston’s bad news bad for health too

Intense discussion of the Boston bombing on social media will have triggered stress that could damage health 鈥� even for people the tragedy didn't touch

Technology

Smart dust computers are no bigger than a snowflake

Aperture

Environment

Making art from stripped-down dead animals

Former fisherman Iori Tomita takes dead animals and strips them of soft tissue 鈥� revealing the beauty of the scaffold underneath

Features

Life

Deep life: Strange creatures living far below our feet

From Methuselah microbes to animals that eschew oxygen, strange underground organisms are redefining what it means to be alive 鈥� and where it will end

Health

Stealth drugs: Panacea pills make targeted kills

Health

The early turd: Our history is written in poo

Space

Heart on fire: Our galaxy’s black hole is set to blow

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Earth

Bringing major corporations to book for their crimes

What outsiders can teach us about creativity

Join Germany’s green revolution

Regulars

Feedback: Read before you ride

Cycling T&Cs, wine ageing magnets, wheatgrass juice, and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Four legs good

Airscrews

Pained response

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