A deadly balance
When does research enhance security, and when does it diminish it?(3)
Friday December 30th 2011
Flu research and biological warfare
Private spaceflight
Thinking big in space
Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, wants to build the world's largest airplane to haul a private spaceship(16)
Human evolution
The not-so-naked ape
Human body hair, once thought to be an evolutionary relic, has a real job to do(67)
The Higgs boson
Fantasy turned reality
Those searching for the Higgs boson may at last have cornered their quarry(180)
Planet hunting
Home away from home
The existence of the most Earthlike planet yet has just been confirmed(84)
Electric car safety
Difference Engine: Volt farce
Those afraid of fire should fear petrol cars more than electric vehicles(27)
3D printing and evolution
The shape of things to come
When products are made via additive manufacturing, they often look like nature intended(14)
DIY Biofuels
The fat of the land
Green-minded motorists are making home-brewed diesel fuel from used cooking oil(50)
Fast and slow-growing reptiles
The hare and the tortoise
Comparing dinosaurs and ancient crocodiles sheds light on to why some animals grow quickly and others slowly(6)
Apple's latest iPad
The Difference Engine: The iPad's third coming
The next iteration of Apple's successful tablet computer is due soon, and promises the difficult trick of combining higher performance with greater efficiency(90)
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Science in Japan
Where rats and robots playJapanese science needs a shake-up. A new institute in Okinawa may provide it (41)
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Invasive species
Boom and bustInvasive Argentine ants may be less persistent than once feared (4)
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Reading the brain
Mind-gogglingIt is now possible to scan someone’s brain and get a reasonable idea of what is going through his mind (108)
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Mind-reading
The terrible truthTechnology can now see what people are thinking. Be afraid (164)
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Science fiction
Rejoice for Utopia is nigh!
Celebrating the birthday of a very important but not very good book
Crowd dynamics
The wisdom of crowds
The strange but extremely valuable science of how pedestrians behave
Babbage
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The financial crisis barely dented global CO2 emissions
Nature
Statins may be even better at fighting heart disease than thought
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Man's first deep-sea-fish supper dates back at least 42,000 years
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France wants to export nuclear reactors. Who will buy them?
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Wall Street sees a slew of tech IPOs
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A deal in Durban
Something came out of it. Which is probably better than nothing
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All the world’s a game
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