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Read expert opinions from the world's leading scientific minds on everything from science's big conundrums and latest research outcomes to future science

Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic sits in the courtroom for the reading of his verdict at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, on 24 March, 2016

Humans

How DNA profiling helped unravel the horror of Bosnia’s genocide

Bringing Radovan Karadzic to book for his part in war crimes in the former Yugoslavia included groundbreaking use of mass DNA evidence, says Thomas Parsons

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Robin Murphy

Technology

I used robots to help save drowning refugees off the Greek coast

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Craig Venter

Life

Breakthrough in synthetic biology is far from ‘playing God’

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Mind

Getting stuff wrong is key to smarter artificial intelligence

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Life

Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal

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A picture of the big red boat that is Boaty McBoatface, sailing along

Earth

Boaty McBoatface: where Monty Python meets serious science

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Buses along Oxford Street

Environment

If we want to breathe clean air, we need to fight for it

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A new power plant is planned for Hinkley in Somerset

Earth

Should the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?

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Tim Leighton

Health

I鈥檓 finding new ways to beat antibiotic resistance

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Life

Darwin’s beautiful theory must itself be allowed to evolve

Evolution is true, but that doesn't mean it is dogma. Each new addition to the canon, such as the idea that evolution can "learn", must be considered carefully

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Technology

The many reasons why we love useless robots

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Humans

Obama wants scientific collaboration to boost US-Cuba relations

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Health

Meningitis B row shows flaws in how vaccine decisions are made

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Health

Time to tackle new health crisis of lives cut short by autism

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