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Computer screen showing video claiming that Hillary Clinton sold weapons to Isis

Technology

Technology firms must develop new ways to jam Russia's fake news

The FBI has revealed the lengths Russia's fake news operators will go to – now the likes of Facebook and Twitter must come up with a fix, says Paul Marks

Comment

A person watching the 2016 US election coverage on TV and marking the results on a map

Technology

Quantum computer could have predicted Trump's surprise election

News

Tiangong-1 space station

Space

China's reckless attitude to space debris needs to change

Comment

The EMA building

Health

Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all

Comment

Jamie Oliver ban energy drinks

Health

The truth about what downing energy drinks really does to kids

Insight

Scott Pruitt, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency

Earth

The US agency that guards the environment is going to be hobbled

Comment

We must stand up to bad politics, not hide in an ivory tower

Life

We must stand up to bad politics, not hide in an ivory tower

Leader

sheep pelts

Life

Old Scientist: Separating the sheep from the sheep

Regulars

genome model

Humans

A new book says the pace of genomic innovation is problematic

Culture

NASA finally has a new boss after a year-long wait

Space

NASA finally has a new boss after a year-long wait

After months of debate, Trump's pick to head NASA has now been confirmed. This ends the space agency's longest-ever period without permanent leadership

News

Life

Apocalypse not now but the fate of civilisation is in our hands

Leader

Society

End of days: Is Western civilisation on the brink of collapse?

Features

Health

Copycat justice has turned US counties into execution hotspots

News

Earth

UK's plastic bag ban is a pitiful attempt at a greener future

Analysis