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DNA testing firms are cashing in our genes. Should we get a cut?
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We urgently need to broaden the conversation on AI
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Technology
How scaremongering stops us asking the right questions about AI
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Earth
I want to show the courts who’s to blame for climate change
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Humans
How to be Human: The reason we are so scarily hairy
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Physics
Riddle of the primes: why do they come in pairs?
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Leaders
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Physics
Gravitational wave discoverers win physics Nobel prize
Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne share the Nobel prize for physics for their contributions to the LIGO gravitational wave detector
News
Earth
Why Puerto Rico still has no electrical power and how to fix it
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Humans
Workplace robots have had little impact on jobs in Germany
News
Space
Latest gravitational wave isn’t from neutron stars after all
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Earth
60 Seconds
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Earth
Grass-fed beef is bad for the planet and causes climate change
News
Health
Artificial organs used in operations without approval for humans
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Space
Elon Musk鈥檚 new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022
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Health
We鈥檙e nearly ready to use CRISPR to target far more diseases
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Environment
Dolphins that work with humans to catch fish have unique accent
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Physics
Methane burps on young Mars helped it keep its liquid water
News
Biased policing is made worse by errors in pre-crime algorithms
News
Technology
How a wave of your coffee cup or spoon could switch TV channels
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Health
We’ve finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories
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Life
New York City mice may be evolving to eat fast food like pizza
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Physics
Google quantum computer test shows breakthrough is within reach
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Environment
‘Invasive’ snake is really a new species and should be protected
News
Health
Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons
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Life
Life may have begun millions of years earlier than we thought
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Space
Extreme gusts of space gas made early black holes enormous
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Technology
Flying and rolling drone will map underground mines on its own
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Environment
Hundreds of Japanese species floated to the US on tsunami debris
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Health
Common antidepressant found to reduce belly fat in older mice
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Environment
Packs of killer penguins herd fish into balls then pick them off
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Earth
Energy from evaporating water could rival wind and solar
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Health
Plan to slash farm antibiotic use may stop spread of resistance
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Technology
Shape-shifting origami robot swaps bodies to roll, swim or walk
News
Health
Lab-grown cells make doping agent EPO and cure anaemia in mice
News
Earth
A few cold drops falling through a cloud could create a downpour
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Analysis
Earth
Mexico City quake: A few seconds’ warning can still save lives
The recent earthquake in Mexico City shows even the best tremor alarms sometimes only go off seconds before 鈥� but clever planning can mean those few seconds save many people
News
Health
DNA testing firms are cashing in our genes. Should we get a cut?
News
Technology
Uber’s major pile-up with London’s regulators is no big surprise
News
Earth
What a surprise 鈥� the end of the world has been delayed, again
News
Features
Technology
How scaremongering stops us asking the right questions about AI
We worry it鈥檚 going to steal our jobs 鈥� or even destroy humanity itself. But the real risks of AI are subtler and more tricky to handle
Features
Physics
Riddle of the primes: why do they come in pairs?
Features
Earth
I want to show the courts who’s to blame for climate change
Features
Humans
How to be Human: The reason we are so scarily hairy
Features
Culture
Humans
Snap decisions: Thomas Ruff’s show is, literally, off colour
A photographer once known for reimagining portraiture now gives astronomy a disconcerting makeover at London鈥檚 Whitechapel Gallery
Culture
Life
The real roots of early city states may rip up the textbooks
Culture
Health
Graphic design can save your life 鈥� here鈥檚 how
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Why celebrities are a species all of their own
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
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