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• PAMELA, or virtue rewarded - Premium content

  After a decade's work, physicists are flying an antimatter observatory.

  16 June 2006

• Asteroid escorts spotted in neptune's orbit - Premium content

  Orbit of Trojan asteroids suggest planets may have swapped places.

  15 June 2006

• More meteorites on Mars - Premium content

  Sprit discovers a pair of rocks from its winter quarters.

  14 June 2006

• Goodness gracious, great ball of fire - Premium content

  A vast eructation hurtles through distant space.

  13 June 2006

• Does a giant crater lie beneath the Antarctic ice? - Premium content

  Signs of an ancient impact could help to explain a mass extinction.

  02 June 2006

• Space shuttle set for July launch - Premium content

  Troublesome fuel tanks are deemed safe enough.

  01 June 2006

• Mini fridge exploits brownian motion - Premium content

  Nano paddle could, in principle, cool a pool of molecules.

  30 May 2006

• Simple sounds make for sound investments - Premium content

  Easily pronounced stocks do better on the market.

  30 May 2006

• Three Gorges dam set in stone - Premium content

  Now that China's massive dam has been built, what will it mean for the environment?

  19 May 2006

• Indonesian volcano poses unpredictable threat - Premium content

  Lava dome could crack any day, but many locals refuse to flee.

  17 May 2006