Need help!

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I was playing with the AI on sub-normal intelligence and was winning too easily so I moved up to normal and am now getting left way behind technologicaly. Does anyone have any tips on getting ahead?

Also what techs are required to build reasearch labs?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
you need Zero Gravety reaserch for the lab.
Concerning the falling back: inrease your reaserch spending, trade techs form the AIs (especially minors) and try to get reaserch resources
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
It's ok to get left behind at the beginning, if you have a faster population growth. Trade techs with them. Especially the minors first (they give better deals). Try not to trade diplomatic techs unless you think they're about to research it anyway. Try to trade in away that the techs you give them have a lower total research cost than the ones you're getting from them. Get those research resources.

Zero Gravity Research, which is right after Medical Theory.
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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Don't worry about getting left behind in the beginning, that's bound to happen on the harder difficulties. After the initial colonization rush, I like to put my research at 50% and just work on building up my planets. If you have more worlds with sizable populations, you will catch up.