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Health

Nobel Prize goes to modest woman who beat malaria for China

Life

Decision time: How subtle forces shape your choices

Space

Mega-rover ready to hunt for life signs on Mars

Technology

Squishybots: Soft, bendy and smarter than ever

Table of contents

News

Bio-inspired fix for euro crisis

Complexity theory is Greek to most economists, but it can provide insights into the eurozone crisis, and may help prevent future financial meltdowns

Health

Fizzy drink ban has little effect on students

Space

Skyscraper-sized asteroid set to buzz Earth

Physics

Fukushima scare prompts look at ‘criticality’ criteria

Environment

Is it time to let some species go extinct?

Earth

Huge rise in emissions as world economy de-greens

60 Seconds

Earth

Frog-killer disease was born in trade

Earth

Playing the climate blame game

Earth

Atmospheric rivers caused the UK’s worst floods

Health

Lab-grown blood given to volunteer for the first time

Health

Disease-ridden societies could be more murderous

Space

Aliens don’t need a moon like ours

Lab-grown hormone factory put to work

Single-molecule nanocar takes its first spin

Health

Microscopic scales weigh up cancer therapies

Space

Boom and bust shapes Saturn’s rings

Warm water lured landlubber animals back to the sea

Life

Cave painters did see spotty horses, not just in dreams

Health

Fantastic Voyage probe detects dangerous blood clots

Life

Alien bright lights, big city could reveal ET

Health

Mind control key to improving Parkinson’s symptoms

Space

Astrophile: Attack of the mystery green blobs

Health

Skin ‘sees’ the light to protect against sunshine

Environment

Male wren more alert to female’s song than his own

Technology

Virtual robot links body to numbers just like humans

Physics

San Francisco’s huge new quake-proof bridge

Technology

Software to investigate cybercrime’s social side

Technology

Graffiti artists caught out by their handiwork

Opinion

Earth

Climate blame: send for the lawyers

There's a way to curb carbon emissions without having to wait for governments to forge a global climate deal

Technology

Darwin trumps self-obsession in robotics

Earth

A chance to blame extreme weather on climate change

Health

My self-destructing syringe could save millions of lives

Health

How I find the truth about sex

Aperture

Paddling through a fog of Arctic frost

See one of the remarkable people Bryan Alexander has photographed in the Arctic over the past four decades

Features

Life

Decision time: How subtle forces shape your choices

Struggling to make your mind up? Interpret your gut instincts to help you make the right choice

Space

Mega-rover ready to hunt for life signs on Mars

Health

Nobel Prize goes to modest woman who beat malaria for China

Technology

Squishybots: Soft, bendy and smarter than ever

Culture

Mathematics as the raw material for art

In a new Paris exhibition, prizewinning mathematicians team up with artists to inspire works that bring intangible concepts to life

Can we annihilate war with science?

The riddle of free will goes unsolved

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Enigma Number 1672

A time of change for forensic scientists

Regulars

Feedback: Increasing deliciousness by 200 per cent

Standard dimensions for blue whales, unasked frequently asked questions, the best way to deal with touchy tax collectors, and more

This Week’s Letters

Take your lumps

On the sauce

Wet, wet, dry

Painless solution

What’s the buzz?

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