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Life

Should a child’s health concerns trump sperm donor privacy?

gene label

Health

Backyard gene editing risks creating a monster

McGaugh

Physics

How dark matter lost its shine for me

dog show

Environment

How dogs are helping decode the genetic roots of personality

brain artwork

Health

Neuroleaks: The secret dialogue between brain and body

Gravity artwork

Physics

Rules of attraction: Why it’s time to rethink how gravity works

Table of contents

Leaders

gravity artwork

Physics

Keep an open mind on dark matter and rivals that do away with it

The hunt for dark matter particles has been fruitless and expensive, so it鈥檚 encouraging that fresh competing theories are being taken more seriously

Health

Backyard gene editing risks creating a monster

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Australia to ban unvaccinated children from preschool

The government wants 95 per cent of Australian children vaccinated 鈥� a level that would stop infectious diseases spreading and protect those who can鈥檛 be vaccinated

Health

A sixth of Americans to lack health insurance by 2026

Health

Swedish men on target to be first to completely stub out smoking

Technology

Web creator Tim Berners-Lee speaks out on fake news

Earth

60 Seconds

Earth

Indian Ocean version of El Ni帽o behind drought in East Africa

Space

NASA’s new budget is big on other worlds but ignores our own

Earth

EPA boss says carbon dioxide not primary cause of climate change

Health

Mosaic problem stands in the way of gene editing embryos

Technology

Rear-view helmet vision may help avert motorbike accidents

Environment

Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

Physics

Cooling to absolute zero mathematically outlawed after a century

Health

Mystery brain particles may link head injuries to dementia

Earth

Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

Humans

Video game beta test reveals how we might act if the world ends

Health

People with no mind’s eye may help us boost our creativity

Environment

Dogs use deception to get what they want from humans (a sausage)

Space

TRAPPIST-1 worlds are close enough for life to hop between them

Health

Robot that shows pain could teach doctors to recognise it better

Life

Five designer chromosomes bring synthetic life a step closer

Humans

Machine learning reveals lack of female screen time in top films

Asteroid clay is a better space radiation shield than aluminium

Health

Your brain fills gaps in your hearing without you realising

Health

What makes a good surgeon? Video analysis rates suturing skills

Space

Discovery of tiny moon completes the set for worlds past Neptune

Life

Oldest plant-like fossils discovered are 1.6 billion years old

Technology

Special steel inspired by bone is more resistant to cracking

Environment

Sneaky beetles evolved disguise to look like ants, then eat them

Humans

How to train your brain to be like a memory champion鈥檚

Analysis

Life

Should a child’s health concerns trump sperm donor privacy?

Some donors in Australia have just been stripped of anonymity. What's the right balance between privacy and a person's need to know their genetic heritage?

Health

Obamacare’s replacement a giant step backwards for US healthcare

Humans

Subway chicken row shows faith in food is still a battleground

Health

Why overzealous breastfeeding advice can be bad for babies

Aperture

Dubai painting

Humans

Disappearing buildings in the desert aren’t all they seem

Nine years ago, photographer Irenaeus Herok stumbled upon what looked like an abandoned movie set in Dubai. When he returned years later, it had all gone

Features

Gravity artwork

Physics

Rules of attraction: Why it’s time to rethink how gravity works

Fresh suspicions have reopened the case against dark matter, forcing a fundamental rethink of the familiar force that keeps our feet on the ground

Physics

How dark matter lost its shine for me

Health

Neuroleaks: The secret dialogue between brain and body

Environment

How dogs are helping decode the genetic roots of personality

Culture

zebras

Environment

How did the zebra get its stripes?

Why zebras have stripes has long been a mystery. In his latest book, Tim Caro gives a compelling explanation that is more inspiring than any fiction by Kipling

Humans

How we lost the world-changing power of useless knowledge

Environment

The blue whale story: Meet the giant in all its glory

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Arctic

Humans

Walking to the ends of the Earth to beat bullying

The charity Red Balloon helps young people forced out of school by bullies get their lives back on track

Regulars

Feedback: Keep the bloom of youth by sitting in an 拢18,000 vase

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

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