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Physics

Space vs time: One has to go 鈥� but which?

Earth

Everest’s final frontier: Life without oxygen

Earth

The fake outdoors: Nature that isn’t real still heals

Life

Heed the evidence: Cops need more than common sense

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Health

Check it’s not MERS, WHO tells world’s health workers

Medics everywhere should be on the lookout for MERS, the deadly coronavirus that emerged in Saudi Arabia last year, says the WHO

Space

China inches closer to building its own space station

Space

Old Mars rover digs up evidence for drinkable water

Health

China’s Alzheimer’s time bomb revealed

Environment

60 Seconds

Earth

US emissions hit first low since mid-1990s

Earth

Cod comeback as North Sea stocks start to recover

Earth

Do glowing house plants take gene tinkering too far?

Earth

Super-pests are fighting back against killer crops

Health

Extreme therapy: Inside a hospital for dangerous minds

Health

Web of autism genes pinpoints key players

Physics

Astrophile: The supernova that blew up a galaxy

Space

Dust devils around stars may help planets grow

Earth

Mongolia shows the birthing pains of a green economy

Health

Nuclear bomb tests reveal brain regeneration in humans

Health

New type of stem cell helps your fingers regenerate

Life

Cheetahs win races on acceleration but not speed

Space

‘Nuclear pasta’ may stabilise pulsars’ spins

Space

Death-defying comet wags its tail during solar embrace

Environment

Mind-reading monkey brains look similar to ours

Life

Flamingo-like pterosaur used gravel for digestion

Life

Atheists turn to science during times of stress

Environment

Zoologger: The lyrebird that’s a song-and-dance man

Technology

How to stop the NSA spying on your data

Earth

Snow sensing helps predict water shortages

Technology

Ultra elevator takes you higher with carbon-fibre tape

Opinion

Technology

Big Brother needs a data privacy policy

The debate over internet and phone surveillance should be conducted in the open, not the shadows

Earth

Careless farming could cost us benefits of GM crops

We should praise Hawking’s boycott of Israeli meeting

Life

Mushrooms are the new styrofoam

Earth

Missing rock fuelled Cambrian explosion of life

Analysis

Artworks highlight legal debate over ‘abandoned’ DNA

An art project reconstructs faces based on DNA picked up from the streets 鈥� can we legally keep our discarded genetics away from prying eyes?

Technology

Obama declares war on the patent trolls

Aperture

Earth

Beautiful freak in Ecuador’s life raft of the frogs

This gloriously freakish fringe tree frog looks like it belongs in a Hayao Miyazaki fantasy, but in fact it lives in a safe haven that's almost as magical

Features

Physics

Space vs time: One has to go 鈥� but which?

If we want to progress towards a theory of everything, we need to understand how space and time fit together鈥€� if they do at all

Earth

Everest’s final frontier: Life without oxygen

Earth

The fake outdoors: Nature that isn’t real still heals

Life

Heed the evidence: Cops need more than common sense

More

Enigma Number 1753

Humans

Exhibition blurs boundary between you and your objects

Life

How should we write about the body?

Vaccine research gets a shot in the arm

Health

The hunt for the world’s most wanted vaccines

Regulars

Environment

Feedback: Hamsters tackle energy crisis

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

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