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Life

Space is the place to solve the riddle of life, maybe

Physics

Pole alone: The quest for a north without a south

Earth

Toilet to tap: Drinking water at the press of a flush

Humans

Essence of man: Y size doesn’t matter

Environment

Meet your maker: Homing in on the ancestor of all life

Table of contents

Leaders

Health

Let’s rush the Ebola drug out 鈥� and be ready next time

The WHO is right to use unproven drugs against Ebola. But more dangerous novel diseases are out there, and we must be better prepared to tackle them

Life

Space is the place to solve the riddle of life, maybe

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Revealed: How Ebola paralyses the immune system

Ebola virus produces a substance which blocks the fast-track message that usually rallies the immune system - a discovery that could guide new treatments

Iranian woman wins maths’ top prize, the Fields medal

Environment

Beijing’s coal ban may herald the end of the fuel

60 Seconds

Health

UK push to put warning labels on alcoholic drinks

Proof confirmed of 400-year-old fruit-stacking problem

Air drops get water filters and chargers to Iraq refugees

Space

Rosetta probe poised to touch and taste a comet

Surprise! Keystone XL will make climate change worse

Earth

Earth’s early life endured long asteroid bombardment

Ancient life forms fed through fractal arms

Brain regeneration: Crayfish turn blood into neurons

Earth

Chile is facing yet another massive earthquake

Health

Blood test identifies people with resistant malaria

Sleep tight? Not a chance if you’re in space

Small, sticky asteroids could be extra dangerous

Environment

Pacific dead zone has been shrinking for a century

Health

Targeted clot-busting drug won’t boost bleeding risk

Self-organising origami robot unfolds itself鈥� and walks

Cunning Neanderthals hunted and ate wild pigeons

3D silk doughnut opens window on brain injury

Global warming may be to blame for tornado onslaughts

Humans

Esports: Pro video gaming explodes with big prize pots

Humans

Esports: Boot camps give gaming teams the vital edge

Technology

Doping in esports rampant, industry insider claims

Humans

Esports by numbers

Humans

Esports: Live from the world’s biggest esports event

Humans

Esports: Speedrunning turns any game into a sprint

Opinion

Humans

Esports: Meet ‘Grubby’, a real pro gaming superstar

Manuel Schenkhuizen unpacks life as an esports athlete, from being watched constantly by online fans to the challenge of building a decent career

Earth

Understand faulty thinking to tackle climate change

Physics

Fields medallist: How Rubik’s cube inspired new maths

Humans

How daydreaming can help you beat information overload

Aperture

Earth

Otherworldly view of a giant Californian wildfire

Long exposure gives an ethereal view of fires raging across Yosemite National Park, where drought and a hot summer have created unprecedented conditions

Features

Environment

Meet your maker: Homing in on the ancestor of all life

What was the last shared ancestor of all life like? How did it make its living? A radical new answer could explain some of the most mysterious features of life

Physics

Pole alone: The quest for a north without a south

Earth

Toilet to tap: Drinking water at the press of a flush

Humans

Essence of man: Y size doesn’t matter

Culture

Technology

Meeting the human faces of the internet’s dark places

Jamie Bartlett's encounters with the characters behind subversive currencies and online erotica make fascinating reading, but The Dark Net is really about us

Life

Just how rare is intelligent life in the universe?

Regulars

Feedback: Build in how many dimensions?

Is this headline correct? Can we hope for an oracle? Is this online rule wrong? and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Sky lie

It’s a flea country

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