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Skidology: Winter research that lets things slide

Life

Skidology: Winter research that lets things slide

Getting kids on crutches to fall over inside a giant ice cube sounds like cruelty, but it could lead to better cold-weather gear for everyone

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Prehistoric cinema: A silver screen on the cave wall

Life

Prehistoric cinema: A silver screen on the cave wall

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Getting sloshed: It's the way you walk

Life

Getting sloshed: It's the way you walk

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Superdoodles: The science of scribbling

Life

Superdoodles: The science of scribbling

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Photo puzzle: Can you make the connection?

Photo puzzle: Can you make the connection?

CultureLab

Soft, strong and long: The story of toilet paper

Life

Soft, strong and long: The story of toilet paper

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Tricksy type: how fonts can mess with your mind

Life

Tricksy type: how fonts can mess with your mind

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Feast for the senses: Cook up a master dish

Life

Feast for the senses: Cook up a master dish

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Fleadom or death: Reviving the glorious flea circus

Life

Fleadom or death: Reviving the glorious flea circus

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Warning, speedsters: you can't fool quantum radar

Technology

Warning, speedsters: you can't fool quantum radar

A technique borrowed from quantum cryptography could make it impossible to spoof military and police radar systems

News

Technology

Flowing lithium atoms form accidental transistor

News

Neutron science: Give us more neutrons

Features

Neutron science: How it began

Features

Neutron science: Cosmic secrets

Features

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