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Earth
China steps up efforts to combat ivory smuggling
Over half of the world's illegal ivory goes to China, but the government is finally sending a clear message by publicly destroying a haul of seized ivory tusks and trinkets
News
Space
India’s hefty ‘naughty boy’ rocket comes in from cold
News
Physics
Entangled spies: Why the NSA wants a quantum computer
News
Health
Preparing students to meet their genes in the classroom
News
Health
Obesity epidemic becomes worldwide phenomenon
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
What Colorado’s cannabis experiment will teach us
News
Humans
Learning drugs reawaken grown-up brain’s inner child
News
Technology
Africa’s road-building frenzy will transform continent
News
Space
Hunting wormholes in a Soviet-era science city
News
Space
Huge cosmic voids could probe dark energy
News
Health
Breast cancer impersonates neurons to invade the brain
News
Space
Dark matter ‘wind’ may be warped by the sun
News
Earth
Buoyant magma behind calamitous supervolcano eruptions
News
Health
Ancient hunter-gatherers had rotten teeth
News
Sleepy sun spreads slow solar wind
News
Environment
Mantis shrimp’s darting eyes ape the way primates see
News
Health
High-fibre diet may protect against allergic asthma
News
Physics
Astrophile: Trio of dead stars could take on Einstein
News
Health
Synthetic gene helps HIV vaccine hit shape-shifting foe
News
Environment
Elephant shark takes record for slowest evolution
News
Technology
Flower-like liquid crystal lens grows like a pearl
News
Space
Second tiny asteroid spotted before it hit Earth
News
Technology
Lifelogging: Digital locker looks after your stuff
News
Mind
Lifelogging: Take a stroll down a virtual memory lane
News
Technology
Lifelogging: Even your home appliances could do it
News
Health
Lifelogging: Crowdsourcing + life logs = big insights
News
Environment
One Per Cent
News
Opinion
Technology
Lifelogging: What it’s like to record your whole life
Gordon Bell, one of the first people to chronicle his existence digitally, explains how it has changed his life and the potential pitfalls
Opinion
Health
Testing times for the consumer genetics revolution
Opinion
Space
‘Cosmic neutrinos are ready to take centre stage’
Opinion
Earth
Human meddling will spur the evolution of new species
Opinion
Features
Health
Defusing dementia: Why is risk of Alzheimer’s falling?
Our chances of getting dementia in old age are lower than ever – and there are ways we can all cut that risk further still
Features
Earth
Defrosting history: Lost lives thaw from glaciers
Features
Physics
Spin: The quantum twist coming to a computer near you
Features
Earth
Squelch! The mystery of Britain’s young bogs
Features