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On the cover NATURE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE 54 Why Chocolate Is Good For You? Why a little cocoa will keep you healthy 48 Do Bla ...

Contents 38 Born To Be Wild They may look like domesticated felines, however there are at least 7 different characteristics betw ...

REGULARS UPDATE RESOURCE 6 Welcome A note from the editor sharing his thoughts on this issue and other ramblings 8 Snapshot Imag ...

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Sun trap The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station, the world’s largest solar power plant, glistens in the Mojave Desert. Oc ...

NATURE This critter’s spooky appearance may bring to mind the sinister Cybermen, Doctor Who’s automaton adversaries, but fear no ...

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Astronauts visit Surveyor 3 On April 17, 1967, NASA’s Surveyor 3 spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a ...

PHOTO: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Update THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE  Parrot intelligence p16  A pub in a London university p17  Speed ...

TIMELINE The fight against bacterial infection We are now in what is known as the post-antibiotic era, which means that we haven ...

18 Vol. 6 Issue 5 THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE Update What’s that? A rare Pokémon, perhaps? Nope. It’s the new quasiparticle discover ...

Extreme weather brings out the best of Britain, and the worst. Along with cheery camaraderie comes institutional amnesia. Coveri ...

Inventions and discoveries that will change the world PATENTLY OBVIOUS with James Lloyd THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE Update Supernova ...

AURORAMAP http://www.auroramap.co.uk To see the Northern Lights, you need perfect conditions: clear skies and plenty of solar ac ...

THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE Update PHOTO: BRYCE RICHTER/UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON, DAVID LABONTE/ADAM ROBINSON, UNIVERSITY OF ...