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Link Kopimism: the world's newest religion explained
Isak Gerson is spiritual leader of the world's newest religion, Kopimism, devoted to file-sharing. On 5 January the Church of Kopimism was formally recognised as a religion by the Swedish…

January 15 2012, 2:32pm | Comments
Link Malaria caught on camera breaking and entering cell
The video above captures the moment when a malaria parasite invades a human red blood cell - the first time the event has been caught in high resolution. The Plasmodium…

January 24 2011, 3:54am | Comments
Link Biosemiotics: Searching for meanings in a meadow
Are signs and meanings just as vital to living things as enzymes and tissues? Liz Else investigates a science in the making EVERY so often, something shows up on the…

August 27 2010, 1:08am | Comments
Link Rethinking Einstein: The end of space-time
Physicists struggling to reconcile gravity with quantum mechanics have hailed a theory – inspired by pencil lead – that could make it all very simple IT WAS a speech that…

August 11 2010, 3:25am | Comments
Link Beyond space and time: To the Nth Dimension
We don't have any trouble coping with three dimensions – or four at a pinch. The 3D world of solid objects and limitless space is something we accept with scarcely…

September 18 2009, 1:01am | Comments
Link Smart machines: What's the worst that could happen?
An invasion led by artificially intelligent machines. Conscious computers. A smartphone virus so smart that it can start mimicking you. You might think that such scenarios are laughably futuristic, but…

July 30 2009, 1:45pm | Comments

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