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Let’s hope UK’s soft drink tax cuts obesity and diabetes rates

Health

Let’s hope UK’s soft drink tax cuts obesity and diabetes rates

Significant health improvements from a planned UK tax on sugary drinks have been predicted in a study. Hopefully they will come to pass, says Paul Aveyard

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Large asteroid impacts may be rare, but we should be prepared

Earth

Large asteroid impacts may be rare, but we should be prepared

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Technology

Prepare for the real political game changer: robots with votes

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Space

More giant Earth-like exoplanets will be found next year

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Floor of the CIA

Technology

How could Obama best hit back if election hack by Russia proved?

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A gray jay

Life

Canadians are angry about their national bird, but they’re wrong

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People crossing a street in New York

Health

The alarming drop in US life expectancy shouldn’t be a surprise

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More potent stun guns for British police will enrage critics

Technology

More potent stun guns for British police will enrage critics

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US agency DARPA has set up a robotics challenge to encourage innovation

Technology

A state splash on science could bring fortune to Brexit Britain

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Public protest over executive pay

Humans

Moral consensus: a CEO should earn five times what workers get

In many nations there is a universal desire for a narrower pay gap between executives and workers. No wonder the reality is so toxic, says Michael Norton

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Health

In Castro's Cuba, this is what life as a doctor was really like

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Technology

Can nation states hit back at cyberattackers with ease? No way

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Technology

Truly global internet access will be a double-edged sword

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Earth

Time to stage trials of engineering the atmosphere to cool Earth

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