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2013 review: Top ten breakthroughs in physical science

Physics

2013 review: Top ten breakthroughs in physical science

From time-travel movies to the most accurate map of the big bang's afterglow, 2013 brought mind-boggling ideas and long-awaited results in equal measure

News

Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human

Life

Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human

Features

Kalahari trackers who read ice-age life in footprints

Life

Kalahari trackers who read ice-age life in footprints

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Kissing by numbers: Party like it's <i>n</i> = 1999

Physics

Kissing by numbers: Party like it's n = 1999

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Why whisky makes you frisky (and gin makes you sin)

Humans

Why whisky makes you frisky (and gin makes you sin)

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Life

Chocolab: The secret recipe for low-fat chocolate

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All spruced up: Breeding a better Christmas tree

Life

All spruced up: Breeding a better Christmas tree

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Goodwill hunting: Random ants of kindness

Life

Goodwill hunting: Random ants of kindness

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New Scientist 2013 holiday quiz

New Scientist 2013 holiday quiz

Regulars

Wired Wild West: Cowpokes chatted on fence-wire phones

Technology

Wired Wild West: Cowpokes chatted on fence-wire phones

Personalised ringtones, chat rooms and online music – 19th-century ranchers pioneered social networking, says Bob Holmes

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Earth

The great white lie: What snowflakes really look like

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Life

How to train your Komodo dragon

Features

Technology

Improvise! Shoestring solutions to big physics

Features

Earth

Rudolph to the rescue: Reindeer geoengineering

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