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family

Life

Fertility clinics are fudging IVF stats to look more successful

child welfare artwork

Health

Kids are alright whatever the family make-up, so let them be

bitcoin artwork

Technology

Bitcoin in the balance: The troublesome quest to reinvent money

family tree artwork

Life

How changing families are affecting our children鈥檚 well-being

David Waters

Environment

Bustard or bust: The fractious battle to bring back a lost giant

old couple

Life

We struggle with monogamy 鈥� is it time to abandon it altogether?

pregnant woman

Life

Does it matter if my child is not genetically related to me?

Table of contents

Leaders

child welfare artwork

Health

Kids are alright whatever the family make-up, so let them be

Children brought up by single parents, heterosexual partners or same-sex couples are all equally healthy and happy. The law needs to catch up with society

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NASA telescope

Space

Cuts likely for one of NASA’s next big space-based telescopes

NASA鈥檚 Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope is crippled by rising costs. To get it off the ground, the agency may have to alter its scientific mission

Technology

NHS turns to ethical hackers to defend it from malicious attacks

Health

Men in the UK have the highest obesity rates in Europe

Earth

What to expect if Indonesia’s volcano erupts in a big way

Earth

60 Seconds

Health

Two UK cities hit by measles outbreaks as vaccination rates drop

Earth

Madagascar’s lemurs close to extinction after population crash

Environment

Good news: one form of air pollution may be falling in Europe

Health

Artificial embryonic stem cells tested in people for first time

Humans

A bacterium has been engineered to make ‘unnatural’ proteins

Space

Mysterious gamma rays in Crab nebula traced to pulsar winds

Life

Weird ‘underground’ flower has evolved to look like a mushroom

Humans

Politics chat on Reddit reads like it was written by 6-year-olds

Physics

We’ve found a bunch of dwarf galaxies we thought didn’t exist

Health

Putting a face on hallucinations aids symptoms of schizophrenia

Earth

‘Super-spreader’ coral could restore trashed Great Barrier Reef

Health

Morning sickness in pregnancy blamed on protein in the placenta

Humans

An AI might help identify missing children when they’re older

Space

Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

Secure phone uses sonar to watch your mouth saying a passphrase

Physics

Lightning leaves clouds of radiation and antimatter in its wake

Humans

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

Health

Strong bones may be vital for maintaining memory in old age

Health

App can tell you if a mosquito is about to give you malaria

Health

Magnetic cells could fix a broken heart after a heart attack

Feather-light artificial muscles lift 1000 times own weight

Life

Birds have childhood sweethearts that they stay with as adults

Space

Signs of running water on Mars dunes are probably just dry sand

Space

We got a good look at the interstellar asteroid and it鈥檚 weird

Analysis

family

Life

Fertility clinics are fudging IVF stats to look more successful

Would-be parents seeking IVF treatment use published success rates to choose a clinic 鈥� but the stats don't reflect the real chance of getting pregnant

Environment

The UK just missed a big chance to cut harmful diesel pollution

Humans

The message we’re sending to nearby aliens is no threat to Earth

Environment

No, the UK didn’t vote that animals can’t feel pain or emotion

Aperture

Danakil depression

Earth

Scorching hot springs house extreme life and a future ocean

Three tectonic plates are gradually pulling apart at the Danakil depression in Ethiopia, creating a hot, acid environment that could provide clues to life on Mars

Features

family tree artwork

Life

How changing families are affecting our children鈥檚 well-being

Finally, studies on different kinds of families 鈥� including those with gay and single parents 鈥� are showing us what really matters

Life

Does it matter if my child is not genetically related to me?

Life

We struggle with monogamy 鈥� is it time to abandon it altogether?

Technology

Bitcoin in the balance: The troublesome quest to reinvent money

Environment

Bustard or bust: The fractious battle to bring back a lost giant

Culture

books

Rediscover the gift of reading: Best books to buy this holiday

Frantic about how to please your loved ones this festive season? Take a deep breath and plunge into 快猫短视频's present picks

Humans

How Japan got a fix on brain-teasing highs

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Humans

Old 快猫短视频: Age, autism and animal art

Prejudice 鈥� and our attempts to question it 鈥� is the thread we follow through Decembers past in 快猫短视频

Regulars

rat cartoon

Feedback: How did cannibal rats sail a ship through the Arctic?

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

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