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refugees

Life

UK failing child refugees because we can鈥檛 reliably verify age

Reef

Environment

We need hope, not eulogies, for the Great Barrier Reef

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Society

The origins of sexism: How men came to rule 12,000 years ago

Antarctica

Space

How we saw the first signs of intelligent life in space

Humans

Why the patriarchy isn’t good for men and how to fix it

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Humans

How protective parents exacerbate gender differences

Physics

Why now doesn鈥檛 exist, and other strange facts about time

wilderness

Environment

The yogurt cure: can ‘good’ bacteria save bats?

dancers

Physics

Quantum time: Is this where the flow of existence comes from?

Humans

The hidden reasons why societies are violent towards women

Paula Williams

Humans

I experienced the patriarchy from both sides of the gender gap

Table of contents

Leaders

Angela Merkel

Life

The fight for gender equality can be informed by science

With the rise of movements like #MeToo, now is a good time to ask why the patriarchy exists and why it persists

Environment

We need hope, not eulogies, for the Great Barrier Reef

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The flexible future of green energy

The UK's transition from fossil-fuel guzzler to renewable energy pioneer is being driven by flexible technology and clever investment, says Matt Setchell of Octopus Group

Humans

Your boss is probably to blame for meetings starting late

Sponsored

Our grandchildren may never see the Great Barrier Reef recover

Life

March for Science 2018 hosts rallies worldwide

Technology

Russia trying to hijack hardware, claim US and UK

Earth

Most UK plants will flower at once in short 鈥榗ondensed spring鈥�

Health

The weekly alcohol limit still carries a risk of early death

Technology

How Facebook let a friend pass my data to Cambridge Analytica

Space

Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

Life

Species with big sex differences are more likely to die out

Health

Tune in your head? Mind-reading tech can guess how it sounds

Life

Lost shark seen for first time in a decade – in a fish market

Health

A high IQ may protect men from a cause of psychological stress

Technology

Rise of the ATM hackers – how scammers are getting free money

Space

Young Saturn gave Jupiter the building blocks for its big moons

Earth

2017 was the year of the biggest fire storms ever seen

Physics

Making custom qubits by pushing together two individual atoms

Health

A virtual reality hand feels real after a zap to your brain

Earth

The Antarctic is melting even in the middle of subzero winter

Technology

No more bad, blocky video calls thanks to smart AI compression

Health

Struggle to get up in the morning? You鈥檙e at risk of early death

Health

Ovarian cancer vaccine improves women鈥檚 survival rates

Environment

Punk turtle can breathe through its genitals

Physics

Encrypt your data with random quantum weirdness

Space

Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

Analysis

refugees

Life

UK failing child refugees because we can鈥檛 reliably verify age

Two-thirds of child refugees whose age is disputed turn out to be adults, according to the UK government 鈥� but there's no definitive way to determine age

Health

Mavericks are belittling statins 鈥� here鈥檚 why they鈥檙e wrong

Humans

Zuckerberg survived Washington 鈥� here鈥檚 what鈥檚 next for Facebook

Earth

Carbon-free shipping is possible, so why aren’t we doing it?

Aperture

jaguar with turtle

Environment

This big cat’s seafood snack is an endangered turtle

Thousands of sea turtles lay eggs on Tortuguero beach in Costa Rica every year. The annual ritual has become a feeding frenzy for jaguars

Features

Antarctica

Space

How we saw the first signs of intelligent life in space

There鈥檚 only one planet we know of that sustains advanced civilisation: Earth. In 1990 Carl Sagan hijacked a passing spacecraft to see if we could tell

Physics

Why now doesn鈥檛 exist, and other strange facts about time

Physics

Quantum time: Is this where the flow of existence comes from?

Society

The origins of sexism: How men came to rule 12,000 years ago

Humans

The hidden reasons why societies are violent towards women

Humans

How protective parents exacerbate gender differences

Humans

Why the patriarchy isn’t good for men and how to fix it

Humans

I experienced the patriarchy from both sides of the gender gap

Environment

The yogurt cure: can ‘good’ bacteria save bats?

Culture

Carlo Rovelli

Physics

Carlo Rovelli: physics’ literary superstar makes us rethink time

The Order of Time, an elegant demolition job of our ideas about the subject, looks set to become the latest bestseller from the cultured mind of Carlo Rovelli

Environment

Yorkshire’s Jurassic World: David Attenborough opens new show

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Technology

Become a time lord with this remote control clock

An invention that makes time fly lets you send the kids to bed early and see off lingering guests

Regulars

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Feedback: The unusual health risks of competitive chilli eating

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

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