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4 Scientists unearth evidence of centuries-old aftershocks
5 Tom Choularton: Can we really control the weather?
6 How Islamic inventors changed the world
7 Why the Nasca's big mistake was to cut down the huarango tree
9 Who wants to live for ever? A scientific breakthrough could mean humans live for hundreds of years
10 Has science found the cause of ME?
11 $1m lunar lander 'X prize' awarded
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14 Six drugs service scientists may resign over sacking of chairman
15 Mobile phone use 'raises children's risk of brain cancer fivefold'
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