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Technology

Your 5G guide: Will we all benefit from super-quick mobile internet?

Space

At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Joy Milne

Health

Meet the super-smeller who can diagnose Parkinson’s at a sniff

Earth

Dark matter secrets could lie buried in ancient rocks on Earth

Table of contents

Leaders

Space

At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

For nearly a decade the US has relied on Russia to get its astronauts into space. With the test of SpaceX's crew capsule, it looks set to bring launches home again soon

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Several types of blood test can detect HIV

Health

A third person may have become HIV-free after a bone marrow transplant

Following news of a man who has been free of HIV since cancer treatment, a third case has now been reported, adding to evidence it may be possible to cure HIV

Health

MMR vaccine does not cause autism, study once again confirms

Technology

Audi, Volvo and Aston Martin are all expected to reveal electric cars

Space

SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

Mind

Exclusive: Brain zap therapy for aggression to be tested on prisoners

Life

Animal with an anus that comes and goes could reveal how ours evolved

Technology

Hacking just 1 in 10 cars could gridlock all of the roads in Manhattan

Environment

EU sued for making global warming worse by subsidising wood burning

Health

Broken bones in mice healed faster by heat-releasing implant

Chemistry

A gel made from urea has molecules that resemble friendship bracelets

Technology

Wikipedia鈥檚 civil wars show how we can heal ideological divides online

Physics

Purple or brown? This 3D-printed cup changes colour in different light

Space

Asteroids hitting Mars could have made hot rain fall for decades

Technology

Earthquake-resistant paint could help brick buildings survive tremors

Technology

China plans world’s first deep sea base, complete with robot subs

Life

World’s fastest shark gets a burst of speed from shape-shifting skin

Health

Breast milk contains fungi which may help seed a baby’s microbiome

Health

Weekend lie-in can’t undo the health damage caused by lack of sleep

Humans

Second-ever pair of semi-identical twins identified in Australia

Life

Mice given 鈥榥ight vision鈥� by injecting nanoparticles into their eyes

Technology

Self-charging socks could track your exercise and power wearable tech

Humans

Watching lots of TV may worsen memory in older people

Health

Malaria drugs for mosquitoes could help prevent the disease in humans

Analysis

Technology

Your 5G guide: Will we all benefit from super-quick mobile internet?

We're told that switching phone networks to the fifth-generation of wireless tech will give us blistering speeds, but it's not clear anyone actually needs an upgrade

Comment

Climate change is the new normal but we don鈥檛 seem to notice

Comment

Human genome editing is here 鈥� now we have to decide who is in charge

Environment

The US has started burning recycling but it should only be temporary

Aperture

Greenland

Environment

Amazing Arctic images show how ice melt is creating the new north

A photo project is charting changes in the Arctic, such as ice sheet melt, the lives of nomadic people hit by rising temperatures and growing military interest in the region

Features

Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Megafloods, broken backstops and retreating ice sheets combine in a geological epic: the dramatic story of Britain's protracted original exit from Europe

Earth

Dark matter secrets could lie buried in ancient rocks on Earth

Health

Meet the super-smeller who can diagnose Parkinson’s at a sniff

Culture

Cryotherapy

Health

How celebrities have fuelled the amazing rise in pseudoscience

We sat down with Timothy Caulfield, the medical legal expert behind the TV show A User鈥檚 Guide to Cheating Death and the man who takes on celebrity pseudoscience

Life

Don鈥檛 miss: A life in death, aquatic mysteries and the brain unveiled

Life

The new Afghanistan war: Saving snow leopards and other wild treasures

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Internet early stages

Technology

From the archives: 30 years ago, a nascent ‘Internet’ was under attack

A software worm invaded a supernetwork of computers and sparked a scare. Our report at the time heralded the rise of hacking and the importance of cybersecurity

Regulars

Robots

Feedback: Shy daters get robot chaperones to woo for them

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

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