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Health

Only full disclosure of drug trial results will maintain trust

Space

5 alien worlds weirder than any we have found so far

Humans

Buzz words: How language creates your emotions

Health

Secret to old-age health could lie in purging worn-out cells

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Leaders

Health

Only full disclosure of drug trial results will maintain trust

Pharmaceutical firms have a history of suppressing unfavourable results from drug trials. It鈥檚 time to compel them to publish data in full

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Space

NASA reveals best pictures of bright spots on Ceres

快猫短视频s are studying the best-ever pictures of the mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet this week, but we still don't know what they are

Life

ISIS could be using decades-old mustard gas in Syria

Earth

Jeremy Corbyn: Where he stands on science and medicine

Earth

Sierra Nevada’s 500-year snowpack low deepens California drought

Health

Patent for first method to create human sperm, but does it work?

60 Seconds

Earth

Bees win as US court rules against neonicotinoid pesticide

Earth

Did global warming play a role in Japan’s devastating floods?

Earth

Key moments in human evolution were shaped by changing climate

Health

US-Cuba thaw could bring important gains for cancer research

Life

Crowdsourcing a solution works best if some don’t help

Physics

Black holes may be brick walls that bounce information back out

Earth

Global warming slowdown could be over as temperatures soar

Environment

Have we turned dogs into lazy thinkers through domestication?

Space

Pluto dazzles in first new images downloaded since July鈥檚 flyby

Humans

Speed dating shows arranged bird marriages lead to bad parenting

Space

Moonquakes unearthed in data from 1970s Apollo mission

Earth

Crops farmed by leafcutter ants show signs of domestication

Health

Volunteers ate 6000 calories a day to probe cause of diabetes

Space

Earth’s composition might be unusual for a planet with life

Health

Can red wine and chocolate really stave off Alzheimer’s disease?

Health

Exoskeleton reveals lengths we go to save energy when walking鈥ㄢ€�

Life

Great tits and blue tits battle by laying eggs in enemy nests

Technology

Unhackable kernel could keep all computers safe from cyberattack

Technology

One Per Cent

Life

Face analysis can tell what you’ll buy after watching ads

Life

Brain-controlled smart home lets you turn the TV on by thinking

Technology

Gaption, the social network where it can literally pay to post

Opinion

Earth

Palm oil: How this eco villain is mending its ways

Widely vilified for rainforest destruction, the palm oil industry is starting to bow to consumer pressure to clean up its act, says Curtis Abraham

Humans

Refugee crisis: Why one boy’s tragedy created a wave of empathy

Space

I drive monster trucks for the stars

Humans

Why did sex evolve? Blame an ancient hook-up

Analysis

Health

New look at antidepressant suicide risks from infamous trial

A fresh analysis of an infamous 1990s study has raised the rate of suicidal tendencies among teenagers given paroxetine

Aperture

Environment

Living fossil nautilus re-emerges after 30 years of hiding

Almost three decades had passed since the last sighting of Allonautilus scrobiculatus when this creature swam in front of Peter Ward's camera last month

Features

Health

Secret to old-age health could lie in purging worn-out cells

A pill to wipe out the senescent cells that are linked to everything from Alzheimer鈥檚 to arthritis could let us all get old without the side effects

Space

5 alien worlds weirder than any we have found so far

Humans

Buzz words: How language creates your emotions

Culture

Earth

How to Thrive In the Next Economy: Is a better way possible?

Will humans inhabit the better world envisioned in this look at sustainable economics? They don鈥檛 deserve to, says a leading science fiction author

Health

The sick truth behind worries on migrant health

Regulars

Feedback: Addressing STEM’s gender imbalance is child’s play…

Plus scientist's protest song hits a sour note, how to be wrong, a name for useless things, and more

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