Life
It's time to relax the rules on growing human embryos in the lab
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Editor's picks
Health
Treatment for chronic pain can be lethal, but there is an answer
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Health
Hurt blocker: To treat chronic pain, look to the brain not body
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Physics
5 deviant particles that could spark a revolution in physics
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Health
Let’s take on untreatable diseases, says gene therapy pioneer
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Technology
Intelligence rethought: AIs know us, but don't think like us
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Health
Why some itches can’t be scratched – and how to combat them
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Humans
Synaesthetes who ‘see’ calendar hint how our brains handle time
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Life
Pilot whales babysit each other’s young while swimming in groups
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Technology
Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity
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Life
Watch some of the most endangered seals caught napping underwater
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Technology
Chinese tourist town uses face recognition as an entry pass
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Health
Stopping brain protein from going rogue may prevent Alzheimer’s
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Technology
How can Facebook and its users burst the 'filter bubble'?
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Humans
Kangaroo-bone nose piercing is oldest bone jewellery ever found
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Physics
Crowdsourced prime number could help solve a 50-year-old problem
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Earth
First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off
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Life
Fijian ants grow their own plant cities and farm tropical fruits
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Health
Gut tissue wired up with nerves created in lab for first time
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Earth
Global sea ice has reached a record low – should we be worried?
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Health
Unconscious brain training beats phobias without the stress
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Space
A dash of hydrogen and methane could have kept Mars warm
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One Per Cent
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Life
GM mosquitoes approved for field trial release in Florida
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Health
Killer bird flu has spread across Europe - are humans next?
News
Space
SpaceX wants to launch more satellites than are already in orbit
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60 Seconds
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Earth
Deepest water found 1000km down, a third of way to Earth's core
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Space
Gravity may have chased light in the early universe
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Earth
Finland set to become first country to ban coal use for energy
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Space
Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life
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Analysis
Aperture
Features
Physics
5 deviant particles that could spark a revolution in physics
Features
Health
Hurt blocker: To treat chronic pain, look to the brain not body
Features
Health
Why some itches can’t be scratched – and how to combat them
Features
Technology
Intelligence rethought: AIs know us, but don't think like us
Features
Health
Let’s take on untreatable diseases, says gene therapy pioneer
Features
