Asteroid crash would devastate ozone layer
Deadly rise in UV radiation expected after mid-sized impact
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Scientists march on the Treasury
On Saturday I joined more than 2000 scientists to protest against the expected cuts to the UK science budget
Does dark matter trigger strange stars?
Balls of free quarks in space may be initiated by dark matter
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Clippers set sail for space
Spacecraft propelled by the Sun could courier science data back to Earth
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The world’s smallest fridge
Self-contained chiller can be built from just a few atoms
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Nuclear’s new generation
Novel nuclear reactors promise much, but hurdles remain before any are ever built, explains Edwin Cartlidge
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Hot fusion
Steve Cowley outlines the next challenges in fusion power
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Nuclear power: yes or no?
Ian Lowe and Barry Brook go head-to-head in our big nuclear-power debate
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Absence of evidence
Peter Williams weighs up a controversial book challenging the convention that there is no safe level of radiation
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Between the lines
On uranium, the Big Bang, perfect planets and how to dunk your biscuits
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