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US firm patents DNA-analysis tool for planning a baby
But the company, 23andMe, insists it has no plans to use it to help people choose sperm and egg donors
News
Physics
Elusive Higgs wins physics Nobel, shared with Englert
News
Earth
International airlines face emissions caps from 2020
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Space
Virgin Galactic joins the reality TV space race
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60 Seconds
News
Earth
Are some rich firms’ land grabs not the real deal?
News
Health
World’s first malaria vaccine on course for 2015
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Health
Medicine Nobel for solving how cells shuttle molecules
News
Physics
The maths that saw the US shutdown coming
News
Earth
Terraforming Earth: Geoengineering megaplan starts now
News
Health
Bedside scan can show embers of consciousness in comas
News
Space
Supernova echoes found trapped in meteorite metals
News
Earth
How to sniff aliens’ gas in exoplanet atmospheres
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Earth
The oceans are heating, acidifying and choking
News
Space
Astrophile: Lost moon Naiad swims back into view
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Environment
Swifts stay airborne for six months at a time
News
Health
Microbes frozen in gelatine jail reveal all
News
Health
Hefty twins shed light on obesity paradox
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Humans
Competition drives marsupial males to suicidal sex
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Physics
Speed limit found for sluggish dark matter
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Humans
Reading literary fiction makes you a nicer person
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Health
Smoking in pregnancy linked to child depression
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Environment
Animals tracked with tiny tags summon their own drones
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Technology
ButtonMasher: The rise of consequences in video games
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Technology
One Per Cent
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Technology
Invisible force field gives touchscreens a new feel
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Mind
Silk Road bust hints at FBI’s new cybercrime powers
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Opinion
Life
Social realism lets gamers feel reality’s bite
Video games are getting closer to their "Citizen Kane moment" as they give interactions between players greater social consequences
Opinion
Physics
Can science stop government shutdowns?
Opinion
Earth
Is the world getting better or worse?
Opinion
Physics
Rockstar planet hunter: Genius award will free my brain
Opinion
Humans
Think fast 鈥� you’re a physics genius
Opinion
Features
Life
Life’s purpose: Can animals guide their own evolution?
It鈥檚 heretical, but it might just be true: organisms may be able to direct the evolutionary path their descendants take
Features
Physics
What is the point of a theory of everything?
Features
Earth
The great greening: The coming of our new lush Earth
Features
Health
The mind minders: Meet our brain’s maintenance workers
Features
Culture
Life
The secret life of science in the second world war
From Churchill's nuclear predictions to Darwin's influence on the Nazis, four books explore the deeper levels of a history that continues to fascinate us
Culture
Humans
Why we are all accidental musicians
Culture
Physics
Dance work shows how physics and art Collide@CERN
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