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Threatwatch: Chikungunya virus hits the US and Europe
Threatwatch is your early warning system for global dangers, from nuclear peril to deadly viral outbreaks. Debora MacKenzie highlights the threats to civilisation – and suggests solutions
News
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Gaza conflict will traumatise a generation of children
News
Space
Galaxy mapper’s first discovery: surprise space debris
News
Earth
Australia will pay dearly for repealing its carbon tax
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
MH17: Satellite data points finger at Russian militia
News
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Brazil to unleash GM-mosquito swarms to fight dengue
News
Space
Rosetta’s target comet is a surprise double space rock
News
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Worm neuron hack to probe the mysteries of our brains
News
Life
Icy moon explorer gets an Alaska road test
News
Earth
Fix farms in a few countries and feed 3 billion people
News
Physics
Higgs boson glimpsed at work for first time
News
Earth
Oxygen oasis for early life found in ancient rock
News
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Drug combo ‘game changer’ for drug-resistant TB
News
Physics
Liquid bits could brim with data in future computers
News
Earth
Vast rock arches sculpt themselves out of sand
News
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Asthma drugs stunt growth – but only by a centimetre
News
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Biological pacemaker keeps a beat without the hardware
News
Earth
Zoologger: Moose dribble turns off grass’s toxic defences
News
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Alcohol improves your sense of smell – in moderation
News
Technology
Lasers make fibre optic tubes out of thin air
News
Environment
Hungry seals tour offshore wind farms looking for food
News
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Baxter the robot brings his gentle touch to novel jobs
News
Technology
Art by algorithm: Computer evolves new artworks
News
Earth
Google Streetview cars sniff out gas leaks in cities
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
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Nerve implant retrains your brain to stop tinnitus
News
Technology
Smart goggles let helicopter pilots see through fog
News
Opinion
Earth
Genetic moderation is needed to debate our food future
GM is now a term loaded with baggage. Scientists must allow for people's objections to show the public there's nothing "spooky" about it
Opinion
Earth
We’re putting a forest on a climate-change fast-track
Opinion
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Genetic superheroes wanted to fight childhood diseases
Opinion
Features
Physics
Quantum split: Particle this way, properties that way
Can you separate a bell from its ring? You can in the quantum world – the Cheshire cat experiment has shown neutrons splitting from their spins
Features
Earth
California’s Katrina? The great delta dilemma
Features
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Your third hand: Why tongues have the mouse licked
Features
Earth
Rogue waves: The real monsters of the deep
Features
Culture
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A parent’s guide to reading a baby’s mind
The Psychology of Babies by Lynne Murray is a fascinating insight into infant minds – but don't be surprised if it turns you into a worried armchair expert
Culture
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How Shakespeare’s intensity may help people with autism
Culture
Chronicling a revolution in digital art
Culture