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Your 5G guide: Will we all benefit from super-quick mobile internet?

6 March 2019

We're told that switching phone networks to the fifth-generation of wireless tech will give us blistering speeds, but it's not clear anyone actually needs an upgrade


At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

6 March 2019

For nearly a decade the US has relied on Russia to get its astronauts into space. With the test of SpaceX's crew capsule, it looks set to bring launches home again soon


Vaccination

MMR vaccine does not cause autism, study once again confirms

6 March 2019

A study of 650,000 children has confirmed yet again that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine does not increase the risk of getting autism


Cars

Audi, Volvo and Aston Martin are all expected to reveal electric cars

6 March 2019

Over half a million people will descend on the Geneva Motor Show this week to glimpse their future car, which increasingly looks likely to be electric


Prison

Exclusive: Brain zap therapy for aggression to be tested on prisoners

6 March 2019

Researchers are about to begin testing whether electrical brain stimulation can reduce violent thoughts among convicts in a Spanish prison


Submarine

China plans world's first deep sea base, complete with robot subs

6 March 2019

Plans for a permanent lab far beneath the waves, crewed by autonomous underwater rovers, are gathering pace in China – here's what the facility might be like


Several types of blood test can detect HIV

A third person may have become HIV-free after a bone marrow transplant

5 March 2019

Following news of a man who has been free of HIV since cancer treatment, a third case has now been reported, adding to evidence it may be possible to cure HIV


Animal with an anus that comes and goes could reveal how ours evolved

Animal with an anus that comes and goes could reveal how ours evolved

5 March 2019

The warty comb jelly is unique among animals, because its anus completely disappears when it has finished defecating


Hacking just 1 in 10 cars could gridlock all of the roads in Manhattan

Hacking just 1 in 10 cars could gridlock all of the roads in Manhattan

4 March 2019

Internet-connected cars promise to reduce traffic incidents with sensors that can stop a car, but if they were hacked whole cities could shut down


Urine in a pot

A gel made from urea has molecules that resemble friendship bracelets

4 March 2019

A gel made from urea, the main compound in urine, spontaneously forms braided nanofibres that could help with engineering new medicines


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