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We should accept that accidents will happen

Environment

Meet the Lazarus toads that bring hope for amphibians

Earth

Forget fracking, microwave zaps could clean up the oil business

Humans

7 mind slips that cause catastrophe 鈥� and how we can avoid them

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Leaders

We should accept that accidents will happen

It鈥檚 getting ever easier to pin the blame for every accident on somebody, somewhere. We should resist that urge

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Earth

Japan reboots nuclear power despite protests and no waste plan

By Friday, Japan's residents are expected to start getting first nuclear power since the shutdown of 48 reactors that followed the Fukushima disaster

Space

Space-grown lettuce tastes like salad rocket

Health

Trans fats, not saturated fat, linked to heart disease risk

Environment

Iodine supplements might raise the UK’s IQ, but jury still out

60 Seconds

Earth

Australia criticised over emissions cuts that defy 2 掳C target

Earth

Why Scotland will use new EU rule to ban the growing of GM crops

Space

NASA buys $490 million Russian rides to ISS as funds fall short

Life

Sniff out alien life with giant library of weird chemicals

Life

Hornless cattle will herald a gene-editing revolution on farms

Humans

Darting eyes in REM sleep are seeing objects in your dreams

Life

Iron-age Britons engaged in mysterious pig trotter festivals

Health

Early pregnancy test may predict miscarriage and chance of twins

Physics

Neutrinos from inside Earth and deep space illuminate the cosmos

Earth

On the trail of the Arctic’s carbon time bomb

Life

Birds’ love of cigarette butts in nests has two sides for chicks

Health

Russian doll disease is a virus inside a parasite inside a fly

Space

Kepler sees hints of asteroids pursuing planets near other stars

Life

Zoologger: World’s first venomous frog has the kiss of death

Health

Fish oil pills may help teenagers stave off schizophrenia

Life

Bird flies 16,000-kilometre Pacific circuit for no clear reason

Space

Spacecraft could use sat-nav for directions to the moon

Environment

Distant worlds could be sheltering in a bubble around their star

Technology

The office where the lights talk 鈥� to your smartphone

Technology

One Per Cent

Humans

Think you’re punny? Computer that can tell how good a joke is

Humans

Computer-human hybrids could be best at scanning for danger

Opinion

Earth

Critics of ban on bee-harming pesticides are sowing confusion

Recent harvests suggest that the European Union's ban on neonicotinoids isn't proving a disaster for farming, says biologist Dave Goulson

Earth

Conservation tech spells game over for grouse hunting

Technology

My cacti could generate electricity and help curb climate change

Humans

Consciousness evolved for the greater good, not just the self

Aperture

Life

See eye to eye with the pig that had a beard before it was cool

As facial hair goes, this bearded pig has a pretty magnificent crop, even if it is a little unkempt. Admire the finer details in this candid close-up

Features

Humans

7 mind slips that cause catastrophe 鈥� and how we can avoid them

Everyday cognitive and psychological traps catch us all out, and occasionally end in disaster. So what are we doing to protect ourselves?

Earth

Forget fracking, microwave zaps could clean up the oil business

Environment

Meet the Lazarus toads that bring hope for amphibians

Culture

Technology

Technology of the future needs to be designed with a heart

The future is tech-shaped. But are the creators embedding our systems into their designs? Two new books look at why we need to act

Earth

The Science of Open Spaces: Saving ecosystems the collective way

Regulars

Feedback: Our fruitloopery bowl runneth over

Plus mad, bad and dangerous science: THISPs, laboratory crimes and fieldwork fails

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Treading lightly

Spider woman

Off the rails

Blowin’ in the wind

Spinning wheel

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