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Comment: The real cost of gold
Skyrocketing mineral prices are fuelling a mining boom for which few developing nations are prepared, says William Laurance
Comment and Analysis 13 August 2008
Comment: Why Prince Charles is right – and wrong on GM18:00 13 August 2008
Senator questions FBI's anthrax evidence11:00 12 August 2008
Five scientific discoveries that got the wrong name10:30 05 August 2008
Consent row threatens stem cell research11:22 29 July 2008
Reason special: Negotiating diversity18:00 23 July 2008
Death
Death comes to us all, but does it have to? Read the latest research, including how it feels to die, the plans for immortality, and more... 
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Does love define our humanity - or is it just an evolutionary device? Follow the latest, plus our Expert Guide including an Instant Expert, Pick of the Archive and more... ARTICLESReview: Human, by Michael GazzanigaWhat is it about our brains that makes us different from apes?
Review - 13 August 2008
Interview: The golden age of cryptographyThe "high priest of French cryptography", Jacques Stern, describes how cryptography has emerged from the world of espionage to pervade all of our lives
Interview - 13 August 2008
Review: 13 Things that Don't Make Sense by Michael BrooksThe many things that science can't explain could change the way we see the universe - but it takes time
Review - 13 August 2008
Senator calls for review of anthrax evidenceFBI evidence points to Bruce Ivins as the culprit in the 2001 anthrax attacks, but a US senator is calling for an investigation into the claims
News - 13 August 2008
Review: The Undercover Scientist, by Peter J. BentleyWant to know what happens when you squirt raw chilli juice in your eye, or when you get a computer virus? This book will tell you
Bookends - 13 August 2008
Review: Prehistory by Colin RenfrewArchaeology has helped us reconstruct our human past, but unanswered questions remain
Bookends - 13 August 2008
Editorial: Better climate forecasts will bring stormsWe need more accurate climate forecasts, even if their predictions threaten to weaken the political imperative to tackle emissions
Editorial - 13 August 2008
Comment: China's green journeyChina may look like a carbon-guzzling monster, but there's a clean-tech superpower struggling to get out, says Changhua Wu
Comment and Analysis - 06 August 2008
Editorial: Don't overreact over bioterror researchThe US should resist calls to restrict the number of scientists with access to anthrax and other pathogens – we need this crucial research
Editorial - 06 August 2008
Editorial: Intelligence isn't all it's cracked up to beWhen it comes to complex problems, best to leave the deliberating to the unconscious – or to machines
Editorial - 06 August 2008
Interview: The father of the internet in AfricaComputers are as important for the future of Africa as food and water, says Ghanaian internet guru Nii Quaynor
Interview - 06 August 2008
Histories: 163 ways to lose your jobThomas Edison's 163-question quiz for potential and current employees started a craze for "brain testing" that is still with us
Histories - 06 August 2008
Commentary: The importance of knowing howCritical thinking should be right at the centre of the education system, says A C Grayling
Opinion - 06 August 2008
Comment: Anthropologists should stay off the front lineThe US army is seeking the help of anthropologists to help it understand the cultures in which it operates. Not a good idea, says anthropologist Hugh Gusterson
Comment and Analysis - 30 July 2008
Editorial: Where do nutrititional supplements fit in sport?Efforts to stop Olympic athletes taking performance-enhancing drugs are well recognised, but little attention is given to nutritional supplements. It's time that changed
Editorial - 30 July 2008
Review: Physics for Future Presidents by Richard A MullerListen up, McCain and Obama – there's stuff you may need to know in here, like why dirty bombs are unlikely weapons for terrorists
Bookends - 30 July 2008
Interview: The cosmic explorerIn 1996, George Smoot won a Nobel prize for discovering something "which, if you're religious, is like looking at God". So how does he follow that up?
Interview - 05 August 2008
Review: Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 by David CrystalA linguist argues that text messaging produces talented young writers
Bookends - 30 July 2008
Review: The Score by Faye FlamA new book explains why men do what they do to get women into bed
Review - 30 July 2008
Past masters of coastal geologyWhen climate change threatens, coastal engineers and planners should take a few tips from the pre-Raphaelite painters
Histories - 30 July 2008
Commentary: Why God and science don't mixThe Templeton Foundation might seem benign, but aiming to prove the existence of God goes against everything science should stand for, says Lawrence Krauss
Opinion - 30 July 2008
Review: Surrealism, Art and Modern Science by Gavin ParkinsonNew evidence shows how much the surrealist art movement was inspired by the strange worlds of relativity and quantum theory
Review - 30 July 2008
Seven reasons why people hate reason
When rational thinking is threatened by everyone from fundamentalists to pseudoscientists, what can you do but counterattack? A C Grayling sets the scene for our reason special report
Opinion - 23 July 2008
Reason is just another faithAn unconditional, general reliance on a single authority is never sensible, whatever god it may invoke, says philosopher Mary Midgley
Opinion - 23 July 2008
Bubble fusion researcher in big troubleA Purdue University committee says the scientist who claimed to have triggered "bubble fusion" in 2002 is guilty of research misconduct
News - 23 July 2008
Reason excludes creativity and intuitionScience can be an inspiration, but it can't take the leaps of faith that art can, says 2002 Turner prizewinning artist Keith Tyson
Opinion - 23 July 2008
Editorial: How to make reason more reasonableRethinking the rational underpinning of our society is a daunting task, but we are risking a lot if we don't make the attempt
Opinion - 23 July 2008
I hear 'reason', I see liesCynical use of the appearance of science is part of the armoury of the PR industry, but the defence is simple, says sociologist David Miller
Opinion - 23 July 2008
Comment: It's time for the Vatican to accept IVFThe Catholic church's demonising of the technologies that facilitate test-tube babies is making it look out of touch and irrelevant, says Michael Brooks
Comment and Analysis - 23 July 2008
Editorial: No complacency on disastersReports of the demise of the human race have been greatly exaggerated – but we should still plan for the worst-case scenario
Editorial - 23 July 2008
How humans dared to knowThe recent passion for "Enlightenment values" owes a lot to the 18th century. But where do they come from and what do they mean today, asks A C Grayling
Opinion - 23 July 2008
No one really uses reasonIf we had to think consciously about everything we did, we would never do anything at all, says neuroscientist Chris Frith
Opinion - 23 July 2008
Reason stands against values and moralsWe can't assume that reason alone will tell us how to shape a moral and humane world, says Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
Opinion - 23 July 2008
Reason destroys itselfDo we know, for certain, that two plus two is four? Of course we don't. But we must be reasonable about it, says mathematician Roger Penrose
Opinion - 23 July 2008
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