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  • Colin Martin celebrates a London exhibition revealing the research legacy of Robert Scott's final journey.

    • Colin Martin
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  • An overview of resource-guzzling US cities has lessons for us all, finds David Orr.

    • David Orr
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  • Swiss acoustic artist Robin Meier manipulates the sounds of insects and birds to create ethereal soundscapes. As his mosquito-inspired musical installation Truce is aired in the French city of Nantes, he talks about firefly synchrony and setting up feedback loops in nature.

    • Laura Spinney
    Books & Arts
  • Chemist and educator Bassam Shakhashiri is known for his dramatic live demonstrations of chemistry in action. As he takes the helm as president of the American Chemical Society (ACS) this week, he talks about the state of science education and how to engage people in chemistry through the wonders of the lab.

    • Jascha Hoffman
    Books & Arts
  • A view of robotics reveals ethics has not kept up with technology, finds Braden Allenby.

    • Braden Allenby
    Books & Arts
  • For the past decade, physicist Kenneth Libbrecht has been studying how ice crystals form, taking thousands of photographs of their intricate structures. He describes how he grows snowflakes in his lab at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and never tires of tracking the real thing in the far north.

    • Jascha Hoffman
    Books & Arts
  • Carl Zimmer charts the boom in electronic publishing and what that spells for wood pulp and ink.

    • Carl Zimmer
    Books & Arts
  • Gabrielle Walker enjoys a historic exploration of the frozen continent's great mountain range.

    • Gabrielle Walker
    Books & Arts
  • Stefan Michalowski and Georgia Smith find that a mix of unexplained equations and thunderclaps doesn't add up.

    • Stefan Michalowski
    • Georgia Smith
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  • Michael A. Goldman hails the first English translation of the three-man paper that launched molecular biology.

    • Michael A. Goldman
    Books & Arts
  • Evan Thompson weighs up a treatise that explores the dynamics of matter and consciousness.

    • Evan Thompson
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  • Chris Loss savours a wide-ranging exploration of flavour that takes in evolution and physiology — and suggests it could be key to a healthier future.

    • Chris Loss
    Books & Arts
  • Theoretical chemist, poet and playwright Roald Hoffmann won a Nobel prize in 1981 for his work on how molecules change as they react. As the International Year of Chemistry comes to a close and he releases two books, Hoffmann talks about language, ethics and the sublime.

    • Jascha Hoffman
    Books & Arts