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Biotechnology could benefit from the lessons of open source software, but it's important to recognise their differences, says James Love
26 January 2008
From magazine issue 2640
Review
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The discovery of a mummified dinosaur with skin and muscle intact is a major boon for science, and more of its secrets are yet to be revealed
26 January 2008
From magazine issue 2640
Review
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Neil Shubin writes compellingly about the transformation of fish into humans. But evolution isn't the end of the story, says Simon Conway Morris
19 January 2008
From magazine issue 2639
Review
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NASA climatologist James Hansen has been at the centre of the political drama surrounding climate change in the US and his story needs telling, says Chris Mooney
05 January 2008
From magazine issue 2637
Review
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A well-researched novel joins the rush of attention surrounding mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, says Andrew Robinson
15 December 2007
From magazine issue 2634
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Music does some remarkably strange things to people's brains. Frances H. Rauscher looks at a neurologist's valiant attempt to make sense of it all
08 December 2007
From magazine issue 2633
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More than ever, people are reacting to environmental risks not as public citizens but as individual consumers
08 December 2007
From magazine issue 2633
Review
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Of course science influences science fiction, but does it work the other way round?
01 December 2007
From magazine issue 2632
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When it comes to understanding our brains, did art get there before science?? It all depends what you mean, says a sceptical Germaine Greer
24 November 2007
From magazine issue 2631
Review
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Elaine Morgan considers a serious attempt to open up a new discipline – neurohistory – and its disturbing consequences
24 November 2007
From magazine issue 2631
Review
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Will we one day choose robots over humans for our sexual and romantic relationships, asks Michael Bond
10 November 2007
From magazine issue 2629
Review
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Why lionise the achievements of the men who walked on the moon when their real-life stories are so much better, asks Andrew Smith
27 October 2007
From magazine issue 2627
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Are industrial chemicals a major cause of cancer? Trying to prove the case is a bitter but fascinating story, finds Dan Fagin
27 October 2007
From magazine issue 2627
Review
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Steven Pinker claims that without concepts hard-wired into our brains, language would be as useful as a "wet noodle". That ignores evidence to the contrary, says Philip Lieberman
03 October 2007
From magazine issue 2624
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The aviator Charles Lindbergh and Nobel Prize-winning surgeon Alexis Carrel formed an unlikely friendship fueled by racism.
22 September 2007
From magazine issue 2622
Review
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To have a meaningful debate about science and belief, the two sides need to agree on which version of religion they are attacking, says Amanda Gefter
22 September 2007
From magazine issue 2622
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The media needs to understand what numbers are really telling them, says Mike Holderness
15 September 2007
From magazine issue 2621
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Are the Archaea a new form of life? No matter how awe-inspiring they may be,
biologist Lynn Margulis thinks not
01 September 2007
From magazine issue 2619
Review
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A study of the history of war shows human nature can be both peaceful and violent. How we can avoid being manipulated into a murderous state?
01 September 2007
From magazine issue 2619
Review
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The growing movement to privatise space travel is fuelled by the personalities of its proponents. Will passion be enough to get these businesses off the ground?
18 August 2007
From magazine issue 2617
Review
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The 2005 battle in Dover, Pennsylvania, over intelligent design and evolution wasn't really about science at all, says Randy Olson
01 August 2007
From magazine issue 2615
Review
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Top IBM researcher Gregory Chaitin on a bold attempt to explain why mathematicians need to be revolutionaries
25 July 2007
From magazine issue 2614
Review
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The Kalashnikov is revered by revolutionaries and street gangs the world over. But this account of how the AK47 achieved its iconic status fails to impress
21 July 2007
From magazine issue 2613
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Al Gore worries that the American public has lost its grip on reason, leaving them unable to make informed political decisions
18 July 2007
From magazine issue 2613
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Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, responds to the claim that user-created content on the internet is destroying culture
14 July 2007
From magazine issue 2612
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