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Science operates in a small world
Zealots put the spin into voting
Research into magnetic spins could provide insights into the way people vote in general elections
Computer models make “super-alloys”
Japanese researchers have created a new group of alloys with exceptional properties
How do stones skip?
Physicist reveals the science behind stone skipping
Nobel laureates oppose war against Iraq
41 prize-winners have signed a declaration that opposes war
Life, death and physics
Physicists might have explained the “mortality plateau”
Sand-dune science creeps ahead
Dunes made in the lab could help communities beset by encroaching desert
Noise threatens Moore’s Law
Thermal noise may soon put an end to Moore’s Law
Anti-bubbles hint at fragile economic prospects
Physicists predict a shaky future for the stock market using statistical analysis
Easy escape for Martian meteorites
Smaller impacts than previously imagined can eject meteorites into interplanetary space
