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Environment
Monkey malaria jumping to humans and on the rise
The disease was thought to be rare in humans, but last year 68 per cent of people hospitalised with malaria in Malaysian Borneo were infected with it
News
Health
App assesses tweeters’ mental health without consent
News
Earth
Snow retreat will worsen California droughts
News
Space
SpaceShipTwo crash: Wings were unlocked too soon
News
Health
Amaze balls: Testicles site of most diverse proteins
News
Space
Secret star saves gas cloud from jaws of black hole
News
60 Seconds
News
Spy chief: US tech firms make it easy for terrorists
News
Physics
Ghost universes kill Schrödinger’s quantum cat
News
Earth
Methane cuts won’t buy us time on climate change
News
Health
Left or right-wing? Brain’s disgust response tells all
News
Environment
Our gut bugs evolved with us as we split from chimps
News
Life
We don’t need no education to weigh up chance
News
Health
Breast milk stem cells may be incorporated into baby
News
Health
Imposter disorder explains how man’s wife was ‘stolen’
News
Life
Thrush’s song fits human musical scales
News
Giant galactic core formed after black hole battle
News
Health
Disease-detecting ink makes tests printable
News
Life
Zoologger: My lizard persona depends on my neighbours
News
Health
Plants make their own sunscreen to block damaging rays
News
Health
Bone drug goes after calcium in breast tumours
News
A slither of DNA identifies snakebite antidote
News
Space
Centaurs galloped into Saturn’s rings
News
Health
Why scratching an itch only makes it worse
News
Technology
Murder by hackable implants no longer a perfect crime
News
Technology
Smart sensors warn instantly of citywide water leaks
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Phone thwarts thieves by learning its owner’s habits
News
Opinion
Earth
Is Earth in a new geological phase thanks to us?
It may be time for science to recognise Earth's new era – one shaped by humans. So argues a geologist involved in defining new phases in geological time
Opinion
Technology
I want to build solar cells thinner than a human hair
Opinion
Technology
My thinking chip paves the way for brain-like computers
Opinion
Features
Space
Rosetta: Days from the toughest space landing ever
Ten years after leaving Earth, one of humanity's most ambitious space missions is ready for its climax – a nail-biting drop onto the surface of a comet
Features
Humans
Mass grave tells tales of life on the Forgotten Front
Features
Earth
Flood fighters: What to do when the riverbanks bust
Features
Life
The acid test: Can you dissolve a body completely?
Features
Culture
Earth
How human existence doesn’t have to cost the Earth
From Tibet's endangered ecosystems to the crazy cost of saving beaches to New York's green example, three books probe the price tag of development
Culture
Life
An embryonic understanding of our humble beginnings
Culture
Health
The lifelong cost of burying our traumatic experiences
Culture