The Guardian
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Face blindness – when you can’t recognise a familiar face
In a winning essay for the Wellcome Trust science writing prize, Kate Szell reports on research into prosopagnosia – face blindness
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Electrical brain stimulation beats caffeine – and the effect lasts longer
Half an hour of brain stimulation on sleep-deprived military staff improved their performance twice as much as caffeine
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Unusual varieties of soul butterflies
New research challenges an age-old assumption about the basic structure and function of the neuron.
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Geoengineering could prevent climate effects caused by giant volcanic eruptions
Shooting huge amounts of non-ozone-harming greenhouse gases into the atmosphere could counteract vast volcanic sulphur clouds that cause perpetual winters, new research suggests
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Barcodes, bank cards and digital TV: the secret numbers that run our lives
Millions of numbers and patterns keep our data safe and make our gadgets work – we just don’t know about it
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Ozone hole remains size of North America, Nasa data shows
Antarctic hole in protective layer of gas stands around same level as 2010, 2012 and 2013, but scientists say recovery is on track
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Plant scientists urge Europe to stop blocking GM trials on ‘political’ grounds
Politicians who ignore message cannot in future say they take science seriously, open letter says
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Astronomers capture first ever data of an exploding fireball from a nova star
Researchers reveal the nova was about 14,800 light years from the sun, meaning the explosion witnessed in August last year happened 15,000 years ago.
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Can you solve Martin Gardner’s best mathematical puzzles?
The maestro of recreational maths was born 100 years ago today. Here we celebrate his birthday with eight of his most celebrated puzzles