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Doctors must crack down on antibiotics – or face punishment
GPs in the UK are being told to push back against people who demand antibiotics, in a move to cut prescriptions by a quarter
News
Speculation mounts over trigger of Chinese warehouse explosions
News
Earth
Extreme weather could trigger frequent global food shocks
News
Space
Rosetta sees sparks as comet 67P reaches closest approach to sun
News
Space
NASA scours retired space shuttles for spare parts
News
60 Seconds
News
‘Big Farmer’ firms plan pesticides to manipulate gene expression
News
Earth
Much of Asia’s Celestial mountain glacier ice could melt by 2050
News
Space
Print your own satellite in orbiting space factory
News
Health
Suicidal behaviour predicted by blood test showing gene changes
News
Earth
Pumping CO2 into frack wells could prevent water contamination
News
Earth
Shock therapy and surgery saving California’s threatened condors
News
Environment
Nice spiders finish last – and seal the fate of the colony
News
Humans
Shattered Stone-Age bones expose world’s oldest mass torture
News
Health
E-spliff on sale in UK designed to relieve pain minus the high
News
Physics
Possible new particle hints that universe may not be left-handed
News
Technology
Warmest ever superconductor works at Antarctic temperatures
News
Space
Small stars may keep planets in line with magnetic harnesses
News
Humans
Ancient whistle language uses whole brain for long-distance chat
News
Environment
Moon’s gravity could govern plant movement like the tides
News
Gene therapy cures blindness by replacing vision cells in eyes
News
Humans
Oldest hand hints we came down from trees earlier than thought
News
Life
Mystery of Australia’s five-legged animals cracked
News
Life
Zoologger: Disco clam’s light show is all about stayin’ alive
News
Technology
Create outrage and challenge authority with just a few clicks
News
Technology
Eavesdropping app will turn your smartphone into a virtual PA
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
AI football manager knows how different teams play the game
News
Opinion
Health
It’s time to wave goodbye to limits on how much fat we eat
With evidence showing low-fat diets can be harmful, official advice on total fat intake should be consigned to history
Opinion
Earth
Distrust of nuclear power is a post-Hiroshima hang-up we can fix
Opinion
Technology
I want artificial intelligence to settle our disputes
Opinion
Features
Physics
Strangely familiar: Is dark matter normal stuff in disguise?
Dreaming up new particles to explain the universe’s missing mass has got us nowhere. Great clumps of quarks stuck together in weird ways could do the trick
Features
Health
Why choosing the right workout could fine-tune your brain
Features
Humans
The science of serendipity: Can we all become genius inventors?
Features
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Noel Edmonds’ electrosmog emissions
Plus sexing up the numbers, Anchor Cheddar formula does the rounds, even-handed policing, and more
electromagnetism
This Week’s Letters
Letters
Hazy blaze
Last Word
Double bubble trouble?
Last Word
Clockwise
Last Word
Map lag
Last Word
Sharp taste
Last Word
Pond skimmer
Last Word