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Celebrating the work of a neglected astronomer(4)
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A sprinkling of labs around the world are trying to grow snow crystals(0)
100 years of Einstein: Miraculous visions
A century after Einstein's miracle year, most people still do not understand exactly what it was he did. Here, we attempt to elucidate(0)
Scientific publishing: Access all areas
Scientific publishing is having to change rapidly to respond to growing pressure for free access to published research(0)
The science of everything: The emperor's new theory
A self-published book is being touted as the greatest step since Newton. Is it?(0)
A survey of the Universe: The myth-makers
Over the past century, physicists have been weaving a cosmic creation-myth from theories about the smallest and the largest objects in the universe. It might even be true, writes Geoffrey Carr(0)
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