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  • 7 WONDERS: STEVE JONES

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    Steve Jones, an award-winning writer and broadcaster on evolution, talks to Rebecca Willis about the seven wonders of his world ...  read more »


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  • WHO'S THE DADDY?

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    Studies suggest that many people cannot be the child of the man they know as their father. Now they can get a paternity test over the counter. Catherine Nixey talks to a man who took one ...  read more »


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  • USAIN BOLT WRECKED MY THEORY

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    Ed Smith had a theory that sprinters—like greyhounds and racehorses—were not getting any faster. But then came Bolt ...  read more »


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  • GOING GREEN: MAKING ENERGY PERSONAL

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    How much energy do we consume? Does it matter? Robert Butler considers the numbers in his latest Going Green column ...  read more »


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  • REDISCOVERING TONY ALLISON

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    Over 60 years, Tony Allison has made two major breakthroughs. Laura Spinney meets a scientist who should be better known ...  read more »


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  • THIS WEEK: A SELECTIVE GUIDE


    TURNER, JEROME ROBBINS, AND THE EYES HAVE IT, TWICE | July 23rd 2008

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    Our guide to what's on around the world, compiled by Jessica Gallucci and Ariel Ramchandani  read more »


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    APES DO IT | June 28th 2008

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    The study of laughter has entered mainstream psychology. Anthony Gottlieb reads the reports--and a new book on the history of jokes--and finds much to chuckle over ...

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