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Dutch researchers feared dead after disappearing in the Arctic
Two experienced Dutch researchers went missing while researching thinning ice in the Canadian Arctic. A rescue team found their dog by a hole in the ice
News
Health
Cholera vaccine stocks could save millions of refugees in Nepal
News
Earth
Severe heat costs the Australian economy US$6.2 billion a year
News
Space
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos just launched a secret rocket to space
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
Deadly skin-eating fungus threatens UK’s great crested newt
News
Environment
3D printed horns may put rhinos at greater risk of extinction
News
Space
Land ho: NASA spacecraft may have seen polar ice cap on Pluto
News
Health
Black lives matter: premature deaths skew US election results
News
Environment
Microbes found at bottom of ocean are our long-lost relatives
News
Health
Human bat uses echoes and sounds to see the world
News
Environment
Capuchin monkeys rival chimps as highly skilled nut-crackers
News
Life
Rock-forming microbes may be suited for life on other planets
News
Technology
Syrian war helps shape seismic map of explosions
News
Health
Withdrawal drug could help cannabis addicts kick the habit
News
Health
Womb milk nourishes human embryo during first weeks of pregnancy
News
Humans
Hungry, in pain or content? Adults can’t tell what a baby wants
News
Environment
Could these giant dinosaurs have lifted up their pictured prey?
News
Health
Teleporting trick shows how the brain helps us know our own body
News
Environment
Zoologger: The mammal with the stretchiest nerves on the planet
News
Space
Galactic smash-ups turn on the lights around black holes
News
Environment
Spiders sprayed with graphene or carbon nanotubes spin super silk
News
Technology
No empathy? Fake it with an app that perfects your online self
News
Technology
Human vs machine as top poker pros take on AI
News
Technology
US army calls for ideas on invisible uniforms for soldiers
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Opinion
Can we do without animal research? Not yet
A million-strong petition is challenging the use of animals in experiments in Europe. Some are vital for the future of medicine
Opinion
Nepal earthquake: Can we make nations more disaster resilient?
Opinion
Environment
I’ve won a day in court for two chimps
Opinion
Life
It hurts to be human: Why pain is fundamentally different for us
Opinion
Features
Health
The next plague: How many mutations are we away from disaster?
Dangerous viruses lurk all around us. Discover whether one could turn into an unstoppable killer that could wipe out half the human race
Features
Space
Rosetta’s wrong water could be right after all
Features
Space
Rosetta’s real revolution is right here on Earth
Features
Earth
Au revoir, terroir? The science of what makes great wines tick
Features
Culture
Technology
Could ancient laws help us sue the internet?
A medieval law could help us bring to book all those responsible for algorithms that run – and ruin – our lives…
Culture
Technology
Blame the enlightened self for the distractions in our lives
Culture
Life
Men (Dis)connected: Philip Zimbardo’s lament on the male
Culture