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Health

Artificial genome could create a ‘blank slate’ human template

butter

Health

Let’s revisit the consensus on fat, carbs and health

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Health

Fat vs carbs: What’s really worse for your health?

aliens

Space

How the sun abducted dwarf planets from an alien solar system

Charles Beeker

Humans

Shipwreck archaeologist versus treasure hunters of the Caribbean

rainforest

Environment

Life on the edge: Saving the world’s hotbeds of evolution

Table of contents

Leaders

butter

Health

Let’s revisit the consensus on fat, carbs and health

The row over dietary fat exposes deeper problems. If science doesn't come clean when the facts aren't clear, we may give up trying to lead a healthy life

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Tiny satellite tests sending first quantum messages in space

A small CubeSat has produced and measured photons that all have the same quantum properties, paving the way for hyper-secure long-distance satellites

Earth

Australia hit by storms worsened by king tides and low pressure

Earth

US and India set to join UN climate deal and agree on renewables

Earth

What’s causing the devastating floods in France and Germany?

60 Seconds

Breast cancer drug trial success prompts calls for UK approval

Physics

Gravity probe LISA Pathfinder achieves best ever free fall

Earth

UK closer to banning cosmetic microbeads that clog up its seas

Physics

Ghostly neutrino could be behind cosmic expansion mystery

Life

Domestic dogs may have evolved separately in Europe and Asia

Mystery human hobbits ruled tiny Asian island 700,000 years ago

Health

Genetic test predicts your success in life, but not happiness

Life

Electric eels seen leaping out of water to attack land predators

Health

Stem cell brain injections let people walk again after stroke

Space

Flamingo stars turn pink when they gobble iron-rich planets

Environment

Desert plant seen drinking fog and mist with its leaves

Technology

Metamaterial lens is thinner than the light it bends and focuses

Life

Hipster chicken beards caused by a single gene mutation

Environment

Spongy minerals could explain why Mars gives off methane burps

Humans

End-of-day brain drain impairs decision-making

Health

Failing livers transformed into healthy organs by virus therapy

Environment

Giraffe has same skin-lightening condition as Michael Jackson

Welcome to the festival of ideas and discovery

Environment

Supersmart satellites reveal crops and fields like never before

One Per Cent

Technology

Silicon fingerprint on chips could make any gadget unhackable

Analysis

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Health

Artificial genome could create a ‘blank slate’ human template

This synthetic biology megaproject could show why some people are more susceptible to certain diseases, but critics say its ambitions could get out of hand

Humans

Is Elon Musk right, are we really living in a simulated cosmos?

Earth

Trump would deliver fatal blow to fight against climate change

Health

Face it, the Olympics won’t be axed. We need to Zika-proof them

Aperture

robot prototype

Health

The bizarre beauty of the objects that might save your life

Close-ups of hospital equipment showcase the strange contraptions that have been used throughout European medical history

Features

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Health

Fat vs carbs: What’s really worse for your health?

The traditional balanced diet may be way out of whack. To fight obesity and diabetes, doctors and nutritionists are embracing diets that were once called fads

Environment

Life on the edge: Saving the world’s hotbeds of evolution

Space

How the sun abducted dwarf planets from an alien solar system

Humans

Shipwreck archaeologist versus treasure hunters of the Caribbean

Culture

chimp

Environment

Making squirrels count and other dumb animal intelligence tests

What happens when you test animal thinking and sense of self on their own terms? Two books show the very different picture that emerges

Technology

How future-proof are the ideas of Buckminster Fuller?

Regulars

rocket cartoon

Feedback: Uranus land-grabbers have their heads in the clouds

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

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