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Editor's picks

Technology

Baidu will battle Google for hearts and minds

Physics

Quantum split: Particle this way, properties that way

Earth

California’s Katrina? The great delta dilemma

Health

Your third hand: Why tongues have the mouse licked

Earth

Rogue waves: The real monsters of the deep

Table of contents

Leaders

Earth

A six-state California faces a water war

An audacious plan to split California into six pieces is unlikely to succeed, but may force the state to tackle its water woes head-on

Technology

Baidu will battle Google for hearts and minds

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Health

Threatwatch: Chikungunya virus hits the US and Europe

Threatwatch is your early warning system for global dangers, from nuclear peril to deadly viral outbreaks. Debora MacKenzie highlights the threats to civilisation 鈥� and suggests solutions

Health

Gaza conflict will traumatise a generation of children

Space

Galaxy mapper’s first discovery: surprise space debris

Earth

Australia will pay dearly for repealing its carbon tax

60 Seconds

Life

MH17: Satellite data points finger at Russian militia

Health

Brazil to unleash GM-mosquito swarms to fight dengue

Space

Rosetta’s target comet is a surprise double space rock

Health

Worm neuron hack to probe the mysteries of our brains

Life

Icy moon explorer gets an Alaska road test

Earth

Fix farms in a few countries and feed 3 billion people

Physics

Higgs boson glimpsed at work for first time

Earth

Oxygen oasis for early life found in ancient rock

Health

Drug combo ‘game changer’ for drug-resistant TB

Physics

Liquid bits could brim with data in future computers

Earth

Vast rock arches sculpt themselves out of sand

Health

Asthma drugs stunt growth 鈥� but only by a centimetre

Health

Biological pacemaker keeps a beat without the hardware

Earth

Zoologger: Moose dribble turns off grass’s toxic defences

Health

Alcohol improves your sense of smell 鈥� in moderation

Technology

Lasers make fibre optic tubes out of thin air

Environment

Hungry seals tour offshore wind farms looking for food

Health

Baxter the robot brings his gentle touch to novel jobs

Technology

Art by algorithm: Computer evolves new artworks

Earth

Google Streetview cars sniff out gas leaks in cities

Technology

One Per Cent

Health

Nerve implant retrains your brain to stop tinnitus

Technology

Smart goggles let helicopter pilots see through fog

Opinion

Earth

Genetic moderation is needed to debate our food future

GM is now a term loaded with baggage. 快猫短视频s must allow for people's objections to show the public there's nothing "spooky" about it

Earth

We’re putting a forest on a climate-change fast-track

Health

Genetic superheroes wanted to fight childhood diseases

Analysis

Technology

The new Google? Baidu’s big plans to bust out of China

China's biggest search engine is pushing at the boundaries of artificial intelligence 鈥� and self-driving bikes are just the beginning

Aperture

Life

Psychedelic cells are fruit of Alan Turing’s equations

It looks like living cells 鈥� but this image evolved in a computer following an algorithm based on Alan Turing's ideas about the patterns on animals' bodies

Features

Physics

Quantum split: Particle this way, properties that way

Can you separate a bell from its ring? You can in the quantum world 鈥� the Cheshire cat experiment has shown neutrons splitting from their spins

Earth

California’s Katrina? The great delta dilemma

Health

Your third hand: Why tongues have the mouse licked

Earth

Rogue waves: The real monsters of the deep

Culture

Health

A parent’s guide to reading a baby’s mind

The Psychology of Babies by Lynne Murray is a fascinating insight into infant minds 鈥� but don't be surprised if it turns you into a worried armchair expert

Health

How Shakespeare’s intensity may help people with autism

Chronicling a revolution in digital art

Regulars

Feedback: A whole world of TweetTM

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