What comes after phase six?

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Nailing melamine

Sponge it clean

All at sea

Nitrogen? Warming?

Enough of carbon talks. Heres a new element with potential

Billions of dollars, 50 years later

Small pox vaccine might have countered HIV  

Heatwave grips US too, ‘excessive heat warning’ for some areas

Biden announces measures to combat climate change  

African countries need to seize opportunities created by US-China tensions

This will require a great deal of imagination and courage

Back to print

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Cosmic dance

MOVIE>>ASTROPHYSICS ÔÇó US

Tree coagulants

Why trees don’t bleed to death on being injured

Sizing up trees

A safer, cheaper device to measure tree circumference

Nano fix

Autoclave uses nanoparticles, sunlight to sterilise hospital equipment

An app beats court

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Bitter is better

Eating bitter food can help cure repiratory diseases

Amid germophobia

Triclosan in handwash can impair muscle contraction

Sneaky side-effects at a click

US scientists develop database for adverse drug reactions

Earth on verge of mass extinction

Event will be human-induced, warn scientists

Sour taste

The aftermath

Dial 100

Switch the lights on

A concrete facelift

Fish reel from flame retardant