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Page last updated at 01:55 GMT, Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Atlas (Cern/C. Marcelloni)
Race for 'God particle' heats up
Europe's Cern is losing ground in the race to identify one of the fundamental particles of matter, its US rival claims.
LHC repairs cost £14m
Collider halted until next year
LHC: Guide introduction

Hydrothermal vent (Image: Noaa) Alien life 'may exist among us'
Alien life-forms may be thriving right here on Earth, a physicist tells a major science conference.

Limacina helicina (Image: Russ Hopcroft/Uni of Alaska Fairbanks/CoML) Ice oceans 'are not poles apart'
A marine census finds that at least 235 species live in both polar regions, despite being 12,000km apart.

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Artefacts discovered in Suffolk Treasure stealers
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