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A newborn baby wrapped in blue hospital drapes and held in a person's arms, lying down

Health

Push for natural birth a dangerous flaw in UK maternity review

A misguided ideology seeking natural childbirth at any cost is leading to dead babies and damaged mothers and must be confronted, says Clare Wilson

Comment

Life

Bonobos know when others are being treated unfairly – and react

News

John Grisham

Health

Tumor is the most important book I've ever written

Opinion

language

Life

Why Only Us: The language paradox

CultureLab

reality

Space

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

Features

Elements

Humans

The maddeningly magical maths of John Dee

CultureLab

IVF

Health

Multiple births, not heart disease, is biggest IVF health risk

News

Children shadow playground

Health

Premature birth: How its effects can stay with you for life

Features

praying mantis

Life

Cheats and Deceits: The story of how to stay alive

CultureLab

Life

Effects of being born prematurely shouldn't have to last forever

Being born before your time can have subtle, long-lasting emotional and educational effects. We can and should be ameliorating these difficulties

Leader

Earth

Test-driving the hydrogen car that makes a little go a long way

News

Life

Whole Zika genome recovered from brain of baby with microcephaly

News

Humans

The End of Average tells us why we should discard a mean idea

CultureLab

Space

Space solar: The global race to tap the sun's energy from orbit

Features