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Health

Prenatal test spots genetic anomalies linked to miscarriage

A fetal test for Down’s syndrome has been extended to chromosomal anomalies across the whole genome. The test may help prepare parents for difficult pregnancies

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Life

The day Hope the whale stole the show

Culture

Volvo XC90 SUV

Technology

Hailing e-Volvos as imminent saviours of the planet is nonsense

Comment

A bus being filled with biofuel

Earth

Use waste rather than crops for biofuels, says UK report

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humpback whale feeding next a salmon hatchery

Life

Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries

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Mathematics has a bad hair day

Physics

Mathematics has a bad hair day

Culture

Solar panels

Earth

Invisibility cloak makes solar panels work more efficiently

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Sea of Ligeia Mare

Space

Titan's conditions could be just right to power US-sized colony

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Eating lots of sugar when pregnant may raise risk of allergies

Health

Eating lots of sugar when pregnant may raise risk of allergies

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Life

How the living world was changed, by the woman who changed it

CRISPR gene editing has delivered on its every scientific promise. Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg's book gives a generous account of this towering achievement

Culture

Technology

Futuristic artwork captures sounds to celebrate famous airfield

Culture

Earth

It's time we all burst our carbon bubbles

Leader

Space

Arthur C. Clarke award makes science fiction a family affair

Culture

Health

Blood doping: Were Armstrong and Russia wasting their time?

Comment

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