A bizarre supernova keeps exploding over and over again
8 November 2017
The weirdest supernova ever seen is a zombie star that keeps collapsing and coming back to life. It’s so strange, it may be a whole new kind of celestial object
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Boy with a genetic disease has had almost all his skin replaced
8 November 2017
Gene therapy has saved the life of a boy with a rare skin-peeling disease. The boy received grafts of sheets of genetically-altered skin grown in the lab
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8 November 2017
Ozone hole shrinks, climate change lets rare truffle grow further north, sheep can recognise celebrities, and more
FDA loosens rules on direct-to-consumer genetic tests
8 November 2017
The US Food and Drug Administration plans to loosen restrictions on the sale of direct-to-consumer genetic tests that predict health risks
Meet the winners of the biggest-ever face-recognition challenge
8 November 2017
Everyone from Apple to the security services is scrambling to improve their face-recognition software – just how good is it?
Five firms aim to power moon-orbiting way station to deep space
8 November 2017
Deep Space Gateway is NASA’s planned outpost at the moon for launches to other worlds. The agency has awarded 5 contracts to start working out how to power it
Estonia freezes popular e-residency ID cards due to security bug
8 November 2017
Citizens and thousands of e-residents have been unable to use their digital ID cards to access government services, banks and medical records because of risks of identity theft
Get closer to death to make the most of life
8 November 2017
We distance ourselves from dying, but in doing so we could be missing out on the surprising upsides of mortality
Your data is too valuable and sensitive to dish out for free
8 November 2017
What you buy, watch and read online is scooped up ostensibly to tailor services to you, but it is often sold on. New EU rules will help people take back control
Letting robots kill without human supervision could save lives
8 November 2017
Calls to ban killer robots ignore the fact that human soldiers can make lethal mistakes. If driverless cars will save lives, perhaps armed machines can as well
