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Leaders
Humans
Science, not soccer, will boost Brazil
Brazil shouldn't bank on football solving its social and financial problems 鈥� science and technology are a more reliable route to success
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Doctors must go digital to deliver local care
Technology
Why the Turing test needs updating
News
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Wild bird flu could mutate into deadly human pandemic
The 1918 flu pandemic killed over 50 million people. Now a study of wild bird flu viruses suggests they could evolve into a new Spanish flu
Physics
Does a new particle lurk in data from sleeping LHC?
Earth
Oil drillers promise to withdraw from Africa’s Eden
Space
NASA ‘dream fund’ selects submarine for Saturn moon
60 Seconds
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US brain-map project could dwarf its European rival
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Mind-controlled exoskeleton to kick off World Cup
Earth
Vermont is first US state to create long-term climate plan
Earth
Brazilian science bids for world glory
Technology
Elastic battery yarn could power smart clothes
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Gene editing tool can write HIV out of the picture
Extreme checklist to look for odd life on other worlds
Space
Part of infant Earth survived moon’s shocking birth
Earth
Island-hopping odyssey brought civilisation to Europe
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Windows bug-testing software cracks stem cell programs
Environment
Zoologger: The Michael Phelps of the ant world
Space
Two giant planets may cruise unseen beyond Pluto
Earth
Butterflies near salted roads grow larger eyes and muscles
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Sleep may help memories form by promoting new synapses
Earth
Chimera enzyme may make better biofuels from waste
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Fingertips and forehead are most sensitive to pain
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Lose weight by tricking body into thinking it’s cold
Life
Zoologger: Acid for breath helps catfish find food
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Doctors with iPads could transform hospital care
Technology
Blood minerals are electronics industry’s dirty secret
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Listen to sounds inside the body to monitor health
Technology
One Per Cent
Technology
The Bitcoin spin-off currency that’s also an archive
Opinion
Earth
My dive into the blighted future of acidified oceans
Under the waves of Papua New Guinea, a vent of pure carbon dioxide showed a BBC environment analyst what an ocean choked by CO2 looks like
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Is the UK being too hasty over three-parent babies?
Technology
Dobby, Pikachu and Kermit are my robots’ role models
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When an anthropologist tackles Alzheimer’s disease
Analysis
Features
Physics
Goodbye big bang, hello big silence
Three contenders for the theory of everything converge on one mindblowing idea 鈥� our universe was born in a split second when nothing and nowhere was connected
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Kill shot: Pushing diseases to the edge of eradication
Life
The father enigma: Why do nature’s devoted dads care?
Humans
Isn’t it ironic? The value of sarcasm
Culture
Physics
A straight-talking woman’s guide to dark matter
Physicist Katherine Freese drinks deep of her life's adventures and cosmic mysteries alike in her captivatingly frank book The Cosmic Cocktail
The war on pain and why we can’t win it
Life
Baby mammoth wonder will unleash your inner child
Regulars
Feedback: All dogs go to gate 97, please
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more