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TOPSHOT - An aerial picture shows a man using a mobile telephone whilst standing next to a recently abandoned inflatable boat, used by migrants to cross the Straits of Dover from France to Deal on the south east coast of England, on September 14, 2020, after the migrants arrived on the beach. - Nearly 1,500 migrants and asylum-seekers arrived in Britain by small boats in August, according to an analysis by the domestic Press Association news agency. (Photo by BEN STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Humans

UK asylum seeker plan risks deporting children based on flawed science

Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (12839839f) The Home Office in London, Britain 08 March 2022. The UK's Home Office is facing condemn for failing to help people fleeing war in Ukraine. The Home Office has announced it is to set up a "pop-up" visa application centre for Ukrainian people in Lille, some seventy miles from Calais. Critics say Britain is not doing enough to take in refugees from Ukraine. The UK government has revealed that approximately fifty visas had been issued under the Ukraine Family Scheme. Over a million people have fled the fighting in Ukraine. UK Home Office condemed for failing to help refugees fleeing war in Ukraine, London, United Kingdom - 08 Mar 2022

Politicians must stop using pseudoscience to sell their policies

Humans

Growing younger: Radical insights into ageing could help us reverse it

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Environment

How a billion dogs, including our pets, are laying waste to wildlife

Space

Controversial claim that the universe is skewed could upend cosmology

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Leaders

Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (12839839f) The Home Office in London, Britain 08 March 2022. The UK's Home Office is facing condemn for failing to help people fleeing war in Ukraine. The Home Office has announced it is to set up a "pop-up" visa application centre for Ukrainian people in Lille, some seventy miles from Calais. Critics say Britain is not doing enough to take in refugees from Ukraine. The UK government has revealed that approximately fifty visas had been issued under the Ukraine Family Scheme. Over a million people have fled the fighting in Ukraine. UK Home Office condemed for failing to help refugees fleeing war in Ukraine, London, United Kingdom - 08 Mar 2022

Politicians must stop using pseudoscience to sell their policies

The UK government's plan to use "scientific methods" to find the age of asylum seekers is based on methods that haven't been proven to work

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Wheat farmer

Environment

Severe Indian heatwave will bake a billion people and damage crops

An unusual heatwave forecast across much of India will see temperatures in the mid-to-high 40s掳C

Life

Frogs have acquired DNA from snakes with the help of parasites

Technology

Ordinary copper telephone wire could carry gigabit broadband speeds

Environment

China is building more than half of the world’s new coal power plants

Environment

Insects and lab-grown meat could cut food emissions by 80 per cent

Earth

All four of the key DNA building blocks have been found in meteorites

Life

Bloodworms have copper jaws that could inspire self-building materials

Life

Watch male orb-weaving spiders catapult off females to escape death

Environment

We can now tell how much CO2 in the air is due to fossil fuel burning

Environment

Rock dust can meet half of the UK’s net-zero carbon removal target

Technology

Tiny axles and rotors made of protein could drive molecular machines

Humans

‘Viking skin’ nailed to medieval church doors is actually animal hide

Technology

Electrostatic brakes make bendy robot arms a lot more efficient

Environment

Climate change and farming may have halved some insect populations

Technology

Surveillance drone saves power by deliberately crashing into walls

Life

Dolphins who are hand-fed by tourists are less social than their peers

Space

NASA should explore Uranus and Enceladus, say planetary scientists

Health

CRISPR nanocapsule limits growth of aggressive brain tumours in mice

Life

Pterosaur fossil suggests feathers may have evolved long before flight

Technology

Laser-based 3D printer can produce complex objects in any order

Health

Artificial nerve cells have been made in the lab

Humans

Stone Age Europeans may have gathered to watch animations by the fire

Space

We now know how the mysterious ridges covering Europa鈥檚 surface formed

Analysis

TOPSHOT - An aerial picture shows a man using a mobile telephone whilst standing next to a recently abandoned inflatable boat, used by migrants to cross the Straits of Dover from France to Deal on the south east coast of England, on September 14, 2020, after the migrants arrived on the beach. - Nearly 1,500 migrants and asylum-seekers arrived in Britain by small boats in August, according to an analysis by the domestic Press Association news agency. (Photo by BEN STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Humans

UK asylum seeker plan risks deporting children based on flawed science

The UK wants to use "scientific methods" to assess the ages of people seeking asylum, with plans to send adults to settle in Rwanda instead, but the science behind these techniques is poor

Humans

We need to stop political spin from polluting public trust in science

Humans

Working from home could have a dystopian future if staff aren’t valued

Aperture

FEATURE International Space Station Airlock and Hatch

Humans

Striking images of the International Space Station and space shuttles

These detailed images from photographer Roland Miller鈥檚 new book Orbital Planes offer a privileged peek inside NASA鈥檚 space shuttle programme

Features

Humans

Growing younger: Radical insights into ageing could help us reverse it

New insight into how we age suggests it may be driven by a failure to switch off the forces that build our bodies. If true, it could lead to a deeper understanding of ageing 鈥� and the possibility of slowing it

Environment

How a billion dogs, including our pets, are laying waste to wildlife

Space

Controversial claim that the universe is skewed could upend cosmology

Culture

View of CMS detector

Humans

The Matter of Everything review: A pacy look at 20th-century physics

From the discovery of the first subatomic particle to the confirmation of the Higgs boson in 2012, Suzie Sheehy's account of experiments that changed our world is detailed but lively

Humans

Shining Girls review: TV sci-fi thriller is a mind-bending puzzle

Humans

Don’t miss: Alienarium 5, an artist’s vision of contact with aliens

Humans

Horizon Forbidden West review: An engrossing video game sequel

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Planting out sweetcorn in blocks.

Humans

How to grow the best sweetcorn you’ve ever tasted

Sweetcorn is easy to grow, once it germinates, and produces a tall and majestic crop to impress young gardeners, says Clare Wilson

Tom Gauld discovers the professor is unfortunately buffering again

Twisteddoodles: Are there sharks in space?

Regulars

MIT investigates how the Oreo crumbles

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

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