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Environment
Global amphibian killer eliminated in wild for the first time
Chytrid fungus, the scourge of amphibians across the world, has been cleared from wild sites for the first time by treating toads with drugs and disinfecting their pools
News
Technology
Is Russia building an underwater drone to deliver a dirty bomb?
News
Health
The five-point plan to help Paris survivors recover from attacks
News
Environment
60 Seconds
News
Life
First direct evidence of impact of pesticide on bee pollination
News
Health
Analysis links 590 suicides to push to get disabled working
News
Earth
Climate change and La Niña may bring severe floods to Australia
News
Space
Pluto kept alive by antifreeze – other icy worlds could be too
News
Space
Our moon would be a planet under new definition of planethood
News
Earth
Should the UK bring back beavers to help manage floods?
News
Life
Ruff bird orgies have four ‘sexes’ thanks to a supergene flip
News
Physics
Complex problem made simple sends computer scientists wild
News
Health
Pigeons taught to diagnose breast cancer on X-rays
News
Super-recognisers could be used to identify strangers on CCTV
News
Health
Alzheimer’s introduced to Colombian town by Spanish conquistador
News
Health
Anti-booze drug may flush out dormant HIV and could lead to cure
News
Technology
Powdered glue goes on dry and sticks when squished
News
Earth
Origin of Earth’s water traced back to the birth of our planet
News
Earth
Unstable Greenland glacier is speeding up and draining more ice
News
Health
Named: Hotspots in England where antibiotics are overprescribed
News
Humans
Kids’ sense of fairness depends on country they were born in
News
Space
Baby photos of distant planet are first to capture formation
News
Physics
Local supernova 2 million years ago solves cosmic ray puzzle
News
Environment
Ants use their flattened heads as doors to lock down their nests
News
Sponsored
How cloud-connected sensors will provide 24/7 healthcare
News
Mind
Brain zaps could boost our minds when computers see us flagging
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Technology
Infrasound radar listens for elephant rumbles to warn villagers
News
Ear and tongue sensors combine to understand ‘silent speech’
News
Opinion
Earth
Emission-cutting pledges in poorer countries may go up in smoke
Plans set out to cut carbon emissions in poverty-stricken Malawi look solid, but growing rural populations complicate the picture, warns Roger Harrabin
Opinion
Earth
Time to give Africa a greater voice in the climate community
Opinion
Health
Biscuit hedgehog: How my Tourette’s tics are a creative catalyst
Opinion
Life
Drop the proteins – alien life might be radically different
Opinion
Features
Health
Craving control: how food messes with your mind
There are strange forces at work behind our food desires. And unpicking the reasons why we reach for the wrong foods could lead to new ways to eat better
Features
Space
Beyond Pluto: New Horizons probe aims for another unseen world
Features
Technology
Silicon 2.0 promises superpowered chips and solar cells
Features
Regulars
Feedback: Mindful chores help wash your troubles away
The many ways to be disliked, antimatter midges, more trouble with girls, sex antics in nursing homes, misogyny mars moon mission, and more
This Week’s Letters
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