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Health

The matrix: the secret to superhealing regeneration

Space

Spot of bother: have we been getting solar activity wrong?

Technology

Future law: Can you be slandered by a robot?

Environment

More than a feline: the true nature of cats

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Health

A quarter of men in some parts of Asia admit to rape

In the aftermath of high-profile trials for rape in India, a study has revealed the extent of sexual violence in other parts of Asia

Earth

Australia rips up climate-change policies

Health

E-cigarettes help you quit as well as nicotine patches

Physics

Quantum chip connected to internet is yours to command

Space

60 Seconds

Earth

UK fracking could come out carbon neutral

Technology

How NSA weakens encryption to access internet traffic

Technology

Coping with the lasting costs of the Syrian war

Space

Supergoop universe offers a window into glassy physics

Earth

Grey wolf’s future hinges on taxonomic row

Life

Heart of glass could be key to banking organs

Physics

Strength of gravity shifts 鈥� and this time it’s serious

Space

Earth’s extreme life holds hints to Martian past

Health

New UK banknotes could provide cosy home for bugs

Earth

Are there ecological merits to trawling the seabed?

Space

Solar system caught in an interstellar tempest

Humans

Mosquitofish are efficient lovers

Life

Crime-scene DNA extracted from single hair

Earth

Tropical storms stir up trouble for coral reefs

Humans

Men with smaller testicles make better dads

Environment

Nanotube-coated spider silk can sense your heartbeat

Life

Cell scaffolding found in odd California meteorite

Life

Old memories recombine to give a taste of the unknown

Earth

World’s biggest volcano was born in the dinosaur age

Technology

Tough robo-challenge casts robots as rescuers

Technology

Automatic style spotter can spot your next book

Technology

One Per Cent

Health

Gamers unleash swarms of nanoparticles on tumours

Technology

The foreign language copycat catcher

Technology

Samsung launch kickstarts the smartwatch boom

Opinion

Healing Syrian refugees’ anguish

Refugees don鈥檛 just need food, shelter and medicine. They also need mental health support

Environment

Deep trawling: no plaice for complacency

What makes the purrfect pet?

Health

Me medicine could undermine public health measures

Space

Low-budget way to send your stuff into space

Selling sensation: the new marketing territory

Aperture

Health

Is this the most extraordinary human brain ever seen?

An adult brain discovered in a collection in Texas is entirely smooth 鈥� free of the ridges and folds so characteristic of our species' most complex organ

Features

Health

The matrix: the secret to superhealing regeneration

Once thought to be mere scaffolding, the matrix inside us can enable unprecedented regeneration, from organs to bone to brains

Space

Spot of bother: have we been getting solar activity wrong?

Technology

Future law: Can you be slandered by a robot?

Environment

More than a feline: the true nature of cats

Culture

Health

The genes that make you a true individual

Your compatibility genes make you unique as well as affecting all parts of your life, from your health to your choice in partner, finds Mark Viney

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Enigma Number 1766

Regulars

Feedback: Animating Shakespeare

Stumbling into infinty, non-agreed agreements, oxygen-free water and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

String theory

Grout gripe

Backing up

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7 September 2013