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Editor's picks

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Environment

The renewables reality: clean energy hasn’t risen for 25 years

internet users

Technology

Internet giants need to be reined in for the public good

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Space

Finding the first pulsar set my world spinning

rabid dog

Health

Eradicating rabies: Why man’s best friend holds the key

city artwork

Technology

Getting on the map: How to fix the problem with addresses

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Mind

Brain box: Multitasking chips that can match the human mind

Table of contents

Leaders

internet users

Technology

Internet giants need to be reined in for the public good

Self-regulation doesn't work for information monopolies like Facebook. Should we treat them as if they were utility companies to protect ourselves?

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Humans

First results from US CRISPR gene editing on human embryos

The revolutionary CRISPR genome editing technique could be used safely to prevent some genetic diseases, according to the first embryo study conducted in the US

Earth

Voyage to study Earth鈥檚 mostly submerged hidden continent begins

Earth

Quantum gravity detector will use atom clouds to survey for oil

Technology

North Korea launches ICBM with potential to reach New York

60 Seconds

Technology

Hacking a US electronic voting booth takes less than 90 minutes

Health

US healthcare repeal law struck down at the eleventh hour

Mind

How to turn Facebook into a weaponised AI propaganda machine

Health

Eating a lower calorie diet improves learning ability in worms

Space

First exomoon might have been spotted 4000 light years away

Environment

Signs of Alzheimer鈥檚 found in chimpanzees for the first time

Space

Building blocks of alien cells found on Saturn鈥檚 largest moon

Life

Flatworms can still 鈥榮ee鈥� even after they are decapitated

Life

Fungi use water droplet cannons to fling spores into the breeze

Life

Tardigrade genomes help explain how they survive without water

Technology

Sneaky attacks trick AIs into seeing or hearing what鈥檚 not there

Health

IVF babies grow up heavier and may have higher risk of obesity

Technology

Donate your voice so Siri doesn鈥檛 just work for white men

Humans

DNA of long-dead cows read from pages of Medieval books

Space

Half the atoms inside your body came from across the universe

Environment

What the first flower on Earth might have looked like

Health

Keep having nightmares? You may be getting too much sleep

Health

Clinic 鈥榯urkey baster鈥� method may be worth trying before IVF

Environment

Fish can’t recognise faces if they鈥檙e upside down 鈥� just like us

Oldest mass animal stranding revealed in Death Valley fossils

Technology

Smart glasses let you turn off the lights in the blink of an eye

Health

Men鈥檚 sweet tooth may increase risk of anxiety and depression

Environment

Maths explains how bees can stay airborne with such tiny wings

Analysis

Health

US plan to cut smoking with non-addictive cigarettes has flaws

A bold proposal in the US to cut cigarette nicotine to sub-addictive levels is interesting, but there are big challenges to making it work, says Linda Bauld

Environment

The renewables reality: clean energy hasn’t risen for 25 years

Health

Lectin-free is the new food fad that deserves to be skewered

Physics

Aliens slumbering for billions of years are out there 鈥� really?

Health

Why the latest advice on stopping antibiotics is long overdue

Aperture

China flood

Earth

Satellite shows clear-up operation after severe floods in China

The photo shows teachers cleaning the mud from a school sports ground and running track in Jilin province, north-east China 鈥� an area devastated by floods

Features

city artwork

Technology

Getting on the map: How to fix the problem with addresses

Addresses aren't just a convenient label to mark where you live, they're a vital technology 鈥� and one that needs an upgrade

Mind

Brain box: Multitasking chips that can match the human mind

Health

Eradicating rabies: Why man’s best friend holds the key

Space

Finding the first pulsar set my world spinning

Culture

farm gate

Earth

Is our environmental future better than we thought?

Two possible visions of our future are competing for our attention: an Anthropocene desert of homogenised mongrels and a virtual supercontinent teeming with new species

Environment

Wild tales of stuffy sharks, intimate otters and unloved horses

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Technology

Old 快猫短视频: How to make a car chase really boring

Cars hurt the planet in many ways, but the 快猫短视频 archives for August reveal one that may be news to you. Plus a dull response to criminals鈥� vehicles

Regulars

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Feedback: God’s phone number revealed by Zimbabwean pastor

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

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