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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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    In the latest issue, we published letters on crowd mentality, handwriting, Kurt Tucholsky, knitting terms and Mexico's underground lakes, plus a couple of wise-guy remarks ...  read more »


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  • MARS TO WITHIN A METRE

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    In his new column, The Music of Science, Oliver Morton looks forward to a new era of exploration on Mars, the only other planet on which humans might plausibly live ...   read more »


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    • January/February 2012
  • THE 60-YEAR JOB: FREEMAN DYSON

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    The distinguished quantum physicist, who worked with Einstein at Princeton, tells Charles Nevin three things he's learnt ...  read more »


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  • THE 60-YEAR JOB: SIR PETER HALL

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    On February 6th, Queen Elizabeth II reaches her diamond jubilee – 60 years in the same job. Charles Nevin tracks down six others who have lasted as long ...  read more »


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  • THE FLUSH TOILET IS THE GREATEST INVENTION

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    Elizabeth I was too embarrassed to use it, but, as Nick Valéry argues, it has saved billions from a far worse fate ...   read more »


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  • IN SEARCH OF SERENDIPITY

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    It means more than a happy coincidence. And it's under threat from the internet. Ian Leslie explains ...  read more »


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    • January/February 2012
  • THE TRANSISTOR RADIO IS THE GREATEST INVENTION

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    The entrepreneur Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu argues that for millions in rural Africa, the transistor radio improves farming, protects health and reduces poverty ...  read more »


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    • January/February 2012
    • THE BIG QUESTION
  • FIFTY YEARS ON: 1962

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    The Sixties as we know them began in 1963, which tends to leave 1962 in the shade. But this was a year of seismic events and cultural firsts. Matthew Engel travels back in time ...   read more »


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    • January/February 2012
  • WRITING IS THE GREATEST INVENTION

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    Tom Standage argues that writing, which allows ideas to travel across space and time, has done the most for human progress ...  read more »


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    • January/February 2012
  • THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS THE GREATEST INVENTION

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    Roger Highfield argues that the modern scientific method, an unending dialogue between theory and experiment, is the mother of all invention ...   read more »


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