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Technology

How to build better sex robots: stop making them look human

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We need slow science to sow the seeds of future prosperity

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Physics

Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

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Earth

The father of the Gaia hypothesis shares his greatest invention

Remy Mallett

Health

How you can control what happens in your dreams

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Environment

Slaughter of an American icon: The Yellowstone buffalo cull

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Health

Heal yourself from inside your dreams

Table of contents

Leaders

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We need slow science to sow the seeds of future prosperity

It's tempting to invest in rapid development at the cost of slow and steady research 鈥� but good things come to those who wait

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Health

Two new drug therapies might cure every form of tuberculosis

In small trials across Africa, the therapies cured people with even the most drug-resistant forms of TB, and more quickly than current treatments

Earth

Crews race to fix California dam before more rain falls

Earth

Australia’s extreme heatwave is a preview of things to come

Space

NASA wants to put a lander on Europa鈥檚 surface to look for life

60 Seconds

Health

Human genome editing shouldn鈥檛 be used for enhancement 鈥� yet

Space

Mars landing sites for 2020 NASA mission down to the final three

Environment

400 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand鈥檚鈥榳hale trap鈥� beach

Health

Timing when you get pregnant could prevent a miscarriage

Physics

Universes that spawn ‘cosmic brains’ should go on the scrapheap

Environment

Foxes seen climbing trees at night to track down and eat koalas

Health

Metabolic switch may bring on chronic fatigue syndrome

Technology

Virtual reality weather add-ons let you feel the sun and wind

Health

NHS to start prescribing health apps that help manage conditions

Environment

Primitive plants survive almost two years in outer space

Health

Stinky armpits? Bacteria from a less smelly person can fix them

Physics

AI learns to solve quantum state of many particles at once

Earth

Secrets of Earth’s birth carried in lava jets from planet’s core

Environment

Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline

Environment

Monkeys and dogs judge humans by how they treat others

Technology

How a raised hand from a pedestrian could stop driverless cars

Health

Software helps musicians stop slouching by ruining their music

Environment

Synchronised swimming seems to make dolphins more optimistic

Space

Glass from nuclear test site shows the moon was born dry

Space

Rare mid-weight black hole found at heart of bright star cluster

Environment

Deep-sea squid points a big, bulging eye up and a tiny eye down

Life

New beetle species bites army ant鈥檚 butt and hitches a ride

Space

Magnetic meteorites narrow down solar system鈥檚 birthdate

Health

Antibiotics might kill gut bacteria that protect newborn lungs

Analysis

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Technology

How to build better sex robots: stop making them look human

From a stimulating exoskeleton to a vibrating fist, innovators are ditching the sex-bomb stereotype. But can we ever fully escape the uncanny valley of the dolls?

Earth

Great lettuce crisis is a taste of climate crop chaos to come

Environment

Science stood apart from politics for a long time, not any more

Space

The Mars paradox: Why we still don’t understand water on Mars

Aperture

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Environment

Sperm whale’s skin comes off during mass ‘scratchathon’

A transparent chunk of skin got rubbed off during a short period when dozens of the animals gathered, apparently to socialise and groom each other

Features

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Physics

Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

A strange, unifying mathematical pattern is popping up in all sorts of unexpected places 鈥� and it could explain some profound questions about the cosmos

Health

Heal yourself from inside your dreams

Health

How you can control what happens in your dreams

Environment

Slaughter of an American icon: The Yellowstone buffalo cull

Earth

The father of the Gaia hypothesis shares his greatest invention

Culture

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Space

Connecting us all: How satellites remade the world

From cold wars to hot junk, a new book about satellites shows how thousands of satellites extend humans' reach in every possible way

Space

A space travel guide for your first holiday off-planet

Earth

How the world made us: chance and climate in the human story

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Health

Pregnant and not heard of Group B Strep?

You鈥檙e not alone. However, a campaign is aiming to make a difference

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