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A Crude Look at the Whole: Complexity is still outsmarting us

Amazing behaviour can emerge from the simplest interactions – although a new book shows how far we are from a simple account of it

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Humans

NeuroLogic: The enthralling story of the unconscious mind

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Health

'Ditch booze' advice to sexually active US women is step too far

Comment

A drug used for opioid addictions

Health

Tiny doses of opioid could be first fast anti-suicide drug

News

Illustration of Zika virus in blood

Health

Zika virus outbreak: What you need to know

News

Baby boys

Life

Three-parent babies may get US go-ahead, but only for sons

News

Physics

Does Germany's nuclear waste headache warrant a global fix?

Leader

7 ways the war on Zika mosquitoes could be won

Life

7 ways the war on Zika mosquitoes could be won

News

Baby with microcephaly

Health

What will life be like for Brazil’s generation of Zika babies?

News

Baby born by caesarean section

Health

Boost C-section babies by giving them vaginal bacteria

C-section babies swabbed with vaginal fluid have the gut bugs of babies born conventionally, which may reduce asthma and obesity and affect their future health

News

Life

Trump's primate-like posturing got him to poll position in Iowa

Comment

Earth

Radioactive waste dogs Germany despite abandoning nuclear power

News

Life

4 million at risk of Zika infection as El Niño increases spread

News

Earth

Shock of the Anthropocene: Winners and losers in new world era

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