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'Vegetative' patient shows signs of conscious thought
Evidence of brain activity raises issues for neurologists.
13 September 2006
A comet's tale
Scientists are just beginning to examine the pieces of a comet brought back to Earth by NASA's Stardust mission. Mark Peplow tagged along to one lab to watch researchers examine their prize catch.
13 February 2006
Sociologist fools physics judges
But do social scientists understand science?
5 July 2006
My fish is smaller than yours
Contenders line up to net credit for smallest vertebrate.
31 January 2006
Popular physics myth is all at sea
Does the ghostly Casimir effect really cause ships to attract each other?
4 May 2006
Hawking rewrites history... backwards
To understand the Universe we must start from the here and now.
21 June 2006
Puzzle of leaping liquid solved
Physicists explain how shampoo streams can bounce.
6 April 2006
Blindfolded humans steered by remote control
Artificial electric currents guide walkers round obstacles.
7 August 2006
World's most infamous iceberg dies
Swell from Alaskan storm breaks up megaberg at opposite end of the globe.
3 October 2006
Bubble fusion: silencing the hype
Nature reveals serious doubts over claims for fusion in collapsing bubbles.
8 March 2006
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