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| Bar code of life |
| New species identification is becoming very easy. Nicolas Wade reports |
| When an astronaut sets foot on an alien planet and sees moving shadows in a nearby wood, he whips out a scanning device that immediately identifies the menacing life-form, flashing up a photo of its species and an assessment of its aggressive intent. If such devices are standard equipment for visiting distant planets, why can’t we have them here at home where we really need them' ... | Read.. |
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| Surprises to puzzles |
| Black holes, the cosmic beasts whose deadly grip allows nothing ' not even light ... | Read.. |
| Master strokes of a genius |
| In 1905, sitting far away from the mainstream activity of science, Albert Einste ... | Read.. |
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| Sudden shutdown |
 Drivers can trust the fuel gauges in their cars to tell them whether the tank is half-full or down to its last gallon. But laptop owners don't have the same security when they check the time left in a lithium-ion battery. A click on the battery icon ... | Read.. |
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| QED: Insult to injuries |
 It's like a series of flashbacks that seems to go on forever in Jasmin Hasic's mind. The day has just broken in their bungalow on the Thai seashore near Phuket. A towering wave crashes over them and a wall collapses on Hasic's wife Nadja who is busy f ... | Read.. |
| Recommended: Stars don't foretell fortunes |
| STARS OF DESTINY PATRICK MOORE CANOPUS; ' 9.95 ... | Read.. |
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An unspoken but ever-present issue in the life of any doctor is an immodest, completely nonmedical concern: Are doctors boring people' Sober and serious, surely. Respectable and educated, one hopes. A bit stuffy at times, perhaps. But dreary' ... | 
