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Health

Too early to worry about health effects of sweeteners

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Strangest star: 6 things we didn’t know about the sun

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Daydream believers: Is imagination our greatest skill?

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Possessed! The powerful aliens that lurk within you

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Leaders

Life

Three-parent babies: It’s more messy than we thought

Mitochondrial replacement lets a child's cells use power packs from a donor. But if the donor can pass on other traits, that really complicates the ethics

Health

Too early to worry about health effects of sweeteners

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Earth

Record sea ice around Antarctica due to global warming

The extent of Antarctica's sea ice has hit yet another record high, and counter-intuitively global warming is responsible

Health

Stem cells used in landmark therapy for failing sight

Space

Rosetta: landing site chosen for first comet mission

Earth

Your shopping comes from illegally deforested land

Earth

China clamps down on dirtiest coal to curb pollution

Environment

60 Seconds

Health

World closes in on goal of halving hunger by 2015

Health

Simple urine test detects cervical cancer virus

Health

Artificial sweeteners linked to glucose intolerance

Earth

Go low-carbon for the money, says high-profile report

Life

Chances of first life improved by weighted dice

Technology

Quantum internet could keep us safe from spying eyes

Life

Primal pull of a baby crying reaches across species

Health

Human ‘language gene’ makes mice smarter

Physics

Lasers slim down on stopped-light diet

Earth

Leaky wells, not fracking, polluted US drinking water

Health

Brains can power up to get around Alzheimer’s plaques

Earth

Urban wastelands worth millions for what they give us

Physics

Curtain closing on Higgs boson photon soap opera

Environment

Biggest hunting dinosaur was an aquatic shark-gobbler

Technology

Springy ceramics bounce back when squeezed

Health

Sleeping brains can process and respond to words

Technology

US opens ‘drone zones’ for a year of pioneer testing

Technology

Video chat in US jail shelved over concerns for inmates

Technology

One Per Cent

Health

iPhone eye test spots vision problems cheaply

Technology

Gaze-tracker lets you connect to devices with a glance

Opinion

Gender bias has no place in the British army

The time is right for women in the British army to fight in close combat alongside men

I’m reverse-engineering Mesopotamian hit songs

Life

The woman who saved Mongolia’s stolen dinosaurs

Analysis

Space station is safe from US-Russia squabbles

We're unlikely to see astronauts stranded in space despite growing tensions between the two governments

Health

Apple’s smart watch could have us all self-monitoring

Aperture

Life

Meet the ancient megatrees of arid lands

The mighty baobab tree attracts incredible legends 鈥� but living for thousands of years and storing 100,000 litres of water is a pretty impressive feat

Features

Health

Daydream believers: Is imagination our greatest skill?

Our capacity to create imaginary worlds could be key to our health as well as the power behind the rise of human civilisation

Space

Strangest star: 6 things we didn’t know about the sun

Health

Possessed! The powerful aliens that lurk within you

Culture

Was Aristotle the inventor of science?

The ancient Greek philosopher deserves our homage, and Armand Marie Leroi delivers it in his edifying and excellent book, The Lagoon

Environment

The creepy crawly story of life on Earth

Environment

A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens

Regulars

Feedback: Who could like weird science?

As much as a herd of elephants, nomennomenclature on the map, standing up for science in elections and more

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