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Earth

Inside the race to rescue clues to Earth鈥檚 past from melting glaciers

Technology

The essential guide to the algorithms that run your life

Humans

The biggest flaw in human decision-making 鈥� and how to fix it

Leaders

Technology

We must all learn more about the algorithms that shape our daily lives

Algorithms are crucial to many of life鈥檚 biggest decisions, but lots of us know nothing about how they actually work. To improve our relationship with algorithms, we should get to grips with the basics of the most important ones

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Health

Delta variant doubles risk of covid-19 hospitalisations, study shows

Models predicting a possible huge third wave of covid-19 cases and evidence that the delta variant of coronavirus increases hospitalisation risk are behind the decision to delay easing of lockdown in England

Health

Zero-covid countries have done best and it’s not too late to switch

Life

Female seahorses cheat on their mate when they can no longer smell him

Chemistry

Robotic chemist may be able to recreate Earth鈥檚 primordial soup

Life

Your dog may not like you as much as you think it does

Life

The deep sea hosts twice as many shapes of fish as shallow waters

Health

Dogs that detect seizures may be sniffing out the scent of human fear

Space

China’s Zhurong Mars rover took a group selfie with its lander

Health

You can catch covid-19 twice, but the second bout is likely to be mild

Life

Fox-breeding experiment suggests domestication can boost brain size

Technology

DARPA drone interceptor seems to be armed with a form of Silly String

Physics

Merging galaxies throw shade on alternative dark matter theory

Space

Dark matter is slowing down the slab of stars at our galaxy鈥檚 centre

Life

Many female animals are evolving to look more attractive to mates

Technology

Google is using AI to design processors that run AI more efficiently

Technology

Quantum microscope can examine cells in unprecedented detail

Space

Thousands of mysterious radio signals blast through the universe daily

Life

A single honeybee has cloned itself hundreds of millions of times

Health

Laughing gas has shown potential as a treatment for depression

Space

Wind from supermassive black holes may help small galaxies thrive

Environment

Slump in electronics sales due to pandemic could help tackle e-waste

Earth

Uttarakhand flood was caused by rare rock and glacier avalanche

Life

Some early land-dwelling amphibians evolved back into aquatic species

Life

Whale that travelled halfway around the world sets migration record

Analysis

Health

Calories on food packets are wrong 鈥� it’s time to change that

The calories on food packets don't actually take into account how our bodies use them. It is time we demanded better information on what we consume, says Giles Yeo

Health

We are witnessing an accelerated shift in how people view food

Aperture

Space

NASA image captures powerful energy at the heart of the Milky Way

Bright threads of energy and gas plumes interweave at the Milky Way's heart in a new NASA image. It provides deeper information about the galaxy and solar weather that can affect Earth

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Features

Technology

The essential guide to the algorithms that run your life

From shaping what we read and buy to diagnosing illness, algorithms play a key role in every aspect of our lives. Here鈥檚 what you need to know about the most important ones

Humans

The biggest flaw in human decision-making 鈥� and how to fix it

Earth

Inside the race to rescue clues to Earth鈥檚 past from melting glaciers

Culture

Humans

How an activist from Malawi changed the minds of US climate sceptics

The Ants and The Grasshopper tells the story of Anita Chitaya, an activist fighting gender inequality and climate change who set out to change minds about climate change 鈥� including that of President Trump

Humans

Don鈥檛 Miss: Fantastic Beasts at London鈥檚 Natural History Museum

Environment

Breaking Boundaries review: Attenborough on climate change facts

Humans

Parallel review: A multiverse movie packed with sharp ideas