A Witch by Starlight

By starlight this eerie visage shines in the dark, a crooked profile evoking its popular name, the Witch Head Nebula.

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Babies are OK after light drinking in pregnancy

A big survey of children born in the UK shows that those born to mothers who drink a little when pregnant seem no worse off than the rest

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Babies are OK after light drinking in pregnancy

A big survey of children born in the UK shows that those born to mothers who drink a little when pregnant seem no worse off than the rest

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Dark matter may shine with invisible ‘dark light’

Dark matter particles might interact with each other through a ‘dark’ electromagnetic force

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Über-Stunning!


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Über-Stunning!


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I love you, mom: Brain-damaged girl, given power of speech

A severely handicapped little girl who cannot walk or talk has used a machine to tell her mother for the first time: ‘I love you.’ Six-year-old Elke Wisbey, who was born brain-damaged, has been able to communicate with her family by using a high-tech gadget which tracks her eye movements.

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The World Most Pointless Questions Answered

They’re those baffling questions that pop into the brain when you’ve nothing better to think about, and only the appliance of a large helping of science can answer. Now a new book by the experts at New Scientist magazine solves some of the most intriguing queries sent in by readers…

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The World Most Pointless Questions Answered

They’re those baffling questions that pop into the brain when you’ve nothing better to think about, and only the appliance of a large helping of science can answer. Now a new book by the experts at New Scientist magazine solves some of the most intriguing queries sent in by readers…

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Hot nanotube sheets produce music on demand

Passing a current through a sheet of nanotubes turns it into a loudspeaker

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Hot nanotube sheets produce music on demand

Passing a current through a sheet of nanotubes turns it into a loudspeaker

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Silicon core gives optical fibres a molecular view

Give an optical fibre a silicon core and it could help monitor delicate biological processes

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Geologists blame drilling for Indonesian mud volcano

After seeing data on the drilling that preceded a vast eruption of mud, most geologists at a conference have voted that the drilling was to blame

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Geologists blame drilling for Indonesian mud volcano

After seeing data on the drilling that preceded a vast eruption of mud, most geologists at a conference have voted that the drilling was to blame

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