COSMOS
October 2008
We are all doomed, or so we are told - but it may not be true
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September 2008
Is no rebellion possible against the tyranny of time?
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August 2008
Science makes no sense from an evolutionary standpoint, so why have we done it – and why do we continue to do it?
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July 2008
By blocking the construction of the new Oxford laboratories, animal-rights activists are harming the university, the public and the animals themselves
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