Humans
Evolution’s detectives: Closing in on missing links
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Earth
Taxpayers’ money keeps Japan’s whaling fleet afloat
Public funds subsidise Japan's whaling industry to the tune of $8.9 million, even though only 11 per cent of citizens support it
News
Space
Asteroid to give Earth a record close shave on Friday
News
Space
Curiosity’s first drilling hints at Martian mining
News
Health
Widespread high-tech doping blights Australian sport
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
US should vaccinate poultry to stop killer salmonella
News
Physics
Suspicious quake gives away North Korea’s third nuke
News
Earth
Wind power is now cheaper than coal in some countries
News
Earth
DNA tests can prevent the next horsemeat scandal
News
Earth
Water wars loom as the US runs dry
News
Space
Runaway stars to fill in the blanks in Milky Way map
News
Health
Bacteria boost fixes symptoms of autism in mice
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Physics
Largest fake prime number holds 300 billion digits
News
Humans
Meet our last common mammalian ancestor
News
Life
Comet rain took life’s ingredients to Jupiter’s moons
News
Health
False memories prime immune system for future attacks
News
Designer glasses correct red-green colour blindness
News
Life
Plants listen more closely to kin than strangers
News
Health
Gene therapy cures diabetic dogs
News
Earth
Arctic sunshine cranks up threat from greenhouse gases
News
Physics
Harness vast power of quantum computers鈥� for sums
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Physics
Picasso created masterworks with house paint
News
Health
Liver cancer survival time tripled by virus
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Environment
Zoologger: ‘It’s a boy!’ Monkey midwife delivers baby
News
Physics
The computer that never crashes
News
Humans
Trading places with us makes robots better teammates
News
Humans
Tongue-tingling interface lets you taste data
News
Technology
Algorithm learns how to revive lost languages
News
Technology
Fake pointers on your screen foil ‘shoulder surfers’
News
Opinion
Technology
Are friendlier robots our teammates 鈥� or our rivals?
Robots are learning our psychology and are safe enough to work alongside us. Will they seize our jobs too?
Opinion
Earth
Horsemeat scandal should make us rethink how we eat
Opinion
Earth
Nuclear waste: too hot to handle?
Opinion
Space
We need to rethink how we name exoplanets
Opinion
Physics
Into the impossible with a father of string theory
Opinion
Features
Humans
Evolution’s detectives: Closing in on missing links
Technology is taking the guesswork out of finding evolution's turning points, from the first fish with legs to our own recent forebears
Features
Health
A shocking cure: Plug in for the ultimate recharge
Features
Earth
How was Earth’s life kindled under a cold sun?
Features
Earth
Flushed with success: Human manure’s fertile future
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