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Putting the spotlight on Barcelona

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Suspended animation: Patients' heart stopped for up to 2 HOURS in world first

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The Mathematics of Everyday Life, with Sir Tim Gowers

22 hours ago | Science Museum

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1 day ago | New Scientist

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Do Academics Themselves Undermine Freedom of Expression?

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Measles immunity passed from mother to baby may erode quicker than believed, study says

1 day ago | STAT

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NASA breakthrough: Major discovery on two meteors hold key to how human life was formed

1 day ago | Daily Express

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The Big Bang Theory and Glee actress Jane Galloway Heitz has died aged 78

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Archaeology horror: Scientists disgusted at chilling discovery in...

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Alison Mather recognised for AMR research with Emerging Leaders Prize

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NASA spacewalk LIVE stream: Watch the ISS astronauts fix a dark matter...

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Why almost everyone believes in an afterlife - even atheists