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Life

Sexism isn’t just bad for scientists 鈥� it hurts science too

Life

Gentle sex? Females just as feisty as males over reproduction

Health

An inflamed brain may be a hidden cause of depression

Physics

Get ready for the leap second 鈥� it could be the last one ever

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Leaders

Life

Sexism isn’t just bad for scientists 鈥� it hurts science too

The Tim Hunt furore is a stark reminder that inequality in the lab needs addressing. And not just for the important reason of social justice

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Health

Laser ‘tricorder’ can diagnose malaria through the skin

The world's first non-invasive test for malaria could slash the costs of diagnosis 鈥� and only takes 20 seconds to detect parasite poo in the blood

Technology

Face recognition row over right to identify you in the street

Space

New Horizons snaps first infrared image of Pluto

Grexit averted for now but network instability remains

Earth

IUCN list shows no new extinctions 鈥� but they loom large

Earth

Crushing ivory stockpiles destroys vital evidence of poaching

60 Seconds

Technology

Taylor Swift forces Apple to bow over streaming royalty demands

Earth

Construction resumes on Hawaii’s Thirty Meter Telescope

Health

Medical marijuana offers only weedy health benefits

Don’t fear apocalyptic asteroids: you’re safer than you think

Life

Why ‘RNA world’ theory on origin of life may be wrong after all

One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life

Environment

Fighting climate change is opportunity to improve public health

Lava lakes spotted on Venus may be how it stays so blemish-free

Humans can bug-out to Mars without ruining search for life

Zoologger: The fish that can vanish in 2 seconds flat

Grand Theft Sedna: how the sun might have stolen a mini-planet

Blood test for pancreatic cancer could catch disease in time

Silver coat lets Saharan ants withstand scorching desert heat

Health

IVF success lower than one-in-four for women in their late 30s

Health

Algorithm zeroes in on origins of disease outbreaks

DNA study backs Native American claim to Kennewick Man remains

Technology

How to spot home-grown ISIS recruits online before they leave

Technology

One Per Cent

Opinion

Earth

Papa do preach: The pope is a key ally against climate change

The Vatican鈥檚 moral authority will help mobilise people on global warming, say three climate science veterans

Technology

Filtered existence: Are we ready for a mute button in real life?

Space

Our dream scenario for Philae 鈥� and mission finale for Rosetta

Earth

Country air could be good for us because it’s slightly poisonous

Aperture

Life

One flasher you wouldn’t mind being startled by

That would be a northern flicker woodpecker, displaying a stunning arc of yellow plumage as it erupts from its nest in Alaska

Features

Physics

Get ready for the leap second 鈥� it could be the last one ever

On Tuesday night the clocks will stand still at 23:59:60 to keep our time in sync with the universe. But does our high-speed world demand a new solution?

Life

Gentle sex? Females just as feisty as males over reproduction

Health

An inflamed brain may be a hidden cause of depression

Culture

Health

How Our Days Became Numbered: Great data, wrong results

As the US industrialised in the early 1900s, life insurers hunted data on everyday citizens as never before 鈥� with unintended consequences, says a new book

Unfair: The justice system is broken, can science fix it?

Earth

Hope or despair? The highs and lows of saving seabirds

Regulars

Feedback: A Nobel calling in question

Return of Marija Gimbutas's steppe monsters, Bologna and flatulence, inspirational works of gametical genius and more

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