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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

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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

NASA may lose a major space telescope and space station funding

Space

NASA may lose a major space telescope and space station funding

News

Scott Pruitt, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency

Earth

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

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Suspected railgun on Chinese ship

Technology

Leaked photos suggest China may now have a hypersonic railgun

News

Scientists looking through pink and blue dishes

Humans

Survey reveals extreme gender bias plagues STEM – it must change

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Twin Peaks road sign

Life

Iconic tree from Twin Peaks threatened by climate change

News

Baby skeleton from Alaska reveals origins of Native Americans

Humans

Baby skeleton from Alaska reveals origins of Native Americans

News

US ambulance

Health

Shocking drop in life expectancy shows US still in bad health

Comment

CDC

Health

How Trump’s ‘ban’ on science words could harm public health

Reports that the leading US public health agency is banned from using words like "vulnerable" suggest a worrying belief in not fixing inequality

Analysis

Technology

Will supersonic air travel's return be another white elephant?

Comment

Space

Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

News

Technology

Did Pokémon Go really kill 250 people in traffic accidents?

Analysis

Physics

Hey, Flat Earther, no need to launch a rocket to test your ideas

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