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  1. Apollo special: Mirrors on the moon: Reflectors planted on the lunar surface may provide the first cracks in Ein.. http://tinyurl.com/lt5jcr
  2. IVF discounts beat cash rewards for research eggs: "Egg sharing" offers a viable – and less controversial .. http://tinyurl.com/ljk2a9
  3. Do crabs have rights?: Including crustaceans in animal welfare law would be a mistake, argues Peter Fraser http://tinyurl.com/lx532z
  4. Review: Chasing Medical Miracles by Alex O'Meara: Millions of people around the world seek cash rewards by becom.. http://tinyurl.com/kmgr5n
  5. Black boxes to get back-up battery: Flight recorders are key to finding out the cause of an air crash, but somet.. http://tinyurl.com/mm9aqo
  6. Star's magnetic flips down to gassy neighbour: The first magnetic flips to be observed in a star other than our .. http://tinyurl.com/nz5eab
  7. Forest protection invites trouble for trees: Keeping the loggers out of forests doesn't seem to displace defores.. http://tinyurl.com/kl8xxw
  8. Cyborg crickets could chirp at the smell of survivors: If you're trapped in rubble after an earthquake, the last.. http://tinyurl.com/kjvau3
  9. Space porches and star nurseries: the week in space: This week's images show the coldest object in space, a Mars.. http://tinyurl.com/lxzcjb
  10. Equation stops athletes sweating about fluid intake: The exact volume produced during long periods of exercise c.. http://tinyurl.com/ksn4y5
  11. Rival designs race to harness ocean energy: The world's oceans and seas hold an awesome amount of power, but eff.. http://tinyurl.com/n89wjm
  12. California: No longer the Golden State?: The US state is in a fiscal hole, and without a radical overhaul of its.. http://tinyurl.com/nqm96r
  13. Embryo origami gives the turtle its shell: The way the body wall of the growing embryo folds inwards helps to ex.. http://tinyurl.com/nfyzvp
  14. This week's top stories [10 July 2009]: Our top articles ranked by reader popularity.Cosmic 'whips' may have lef.. http://tinyurl.com/n4rtn7
  15. Apollo special: It's the solar system, stupid: Rocks brought home by Apollo astronauts revolutionised our thinki.. http://tinyurl.com/n2lpph
  16. Military mega-lasers are too hot to handle: High-energy laser weapons have been hailed as the future of anti-mis.. http://tinyurl.com/mme7gx
  17. Liver cells could be reprogrammed as insulin factories: Transforming human liver cells into something like the p.. http://tinyurl.com/nmtbl7
  18. Universe's first stars may have been twins: Born together in clouds of gas, many of the universe's stars might h.. http://tinyurl.com/nvw5zk
  19. New clues in search for elixir of youth: The findings of two studies in mice and monkeys may not offer eternal y.. http://tinyurl.com/m6ahzo
  20. NASA nominee says agency has lost its lustre: Charles Bolden, President Obama's choice for NASA's next chief, ou.. http://tinyurl.com/naucqs