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Rights of passage
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Death of old age – We can live healthy lives well into our hundreds, some researchers claim. But is ageing really a disease that can be cured? David Concar investigates
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Cracking the Easter Island code
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Virtual port of call – To stay at the top, the Port of Singapore is planning the ultimate upgrade. As Terry Slavin discovers, every last container will reach its destination untouched by human hands
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A life in silicon
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Seven planets for seven stars – Just as astronomers were losing all hope, new worlds beyond the Solar System have started to turn up, says Gabrielle Walker
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Can you catch a heart attack?
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Blaze!
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Chaos pitch
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Bright light, black hole
Is space chock-a-block with mini black holes, enough to bring the Universe to a violent end? Marcus Chown weighs up the evidence
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The zero option
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Squatters take control – What started with a scheme for building sewers has grown into an all-embracing philosophy. Fred Pearce visited Karachi to see how local effort and basic technology succeeded where governments have failed
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Stranger in a strange land
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Noises on
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