Humans
Are these the brain cells that give us consciousness?
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Space
Daredevil descents: Free-falling from space
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Humans
The true faces of emotion
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Olympic extremes: The winning formulas for London 2012
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Humans
Olympic extremes: Blood sport
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Humans
Olympic extremes: Thought control
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Humans
Olympic extremes: Freezer therapy
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Humans
Olympic extremes: Lucid dreaming
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Humans
Olympic extremes: A winning genome
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Humans
Olympic extremes: Breakfast of champions
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Humans
Olympic extremes: Peak performers
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Health
Olympic extremes: Contagion alert
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Table of contents
News
Environment
Australian sharks’ protected status is under threat
With five fatal shark attacks in 10 months, Western Australia is questioning the need to conserve its great white shark population
News
Health
Fukushima increases risk of cancer – but not by much
News
Open access promised for publicly funded research
News
Space
Asteroid miners to hitch a ride with Virgin Galactic
News
60 Seconds
News
Environment
Antarctic neutron detectors predict solar storms
News
Health
Panel questions location of US bio-defence lab
News
FBI forensic review could free thousands of prisoners
News
Health
Record-breaking mice return to Earth to aid health
News
Physics
Pharaoh’s playground revealed by missing fractals
News
Health
Brain satnav helps surgeons travel to a tumour
News
Humans
Was America first colonised by two cultures at once?
News
Space
Discovery of fifth moon reignites Pluto planet debate
News
Earth
Belch of laughing gas could heat up our planet
News
Humans
The password you can use without knowing it
News
Earth
Geoengineering with iron might work after all
News
Earth
Ethanol levels in the air over US cities on the rise
News
Shapely spiral galaxy is cosmic aberration
News
Health
Old folks’ stomach bacteria are secret to their health
News
Environment
Zoologger: Inbred wandering albatrosses sleep around
News
Environment
How dolphins may use a mathematical trick to find fish
News
Space
Earth’s water piggybacked on asteroids, not comets
News
Health
Vaccines team up to generate lethal new chicken virus
News
Health
Autumn babies more likely to hit 100
News
Technology
Micro-drones: The new face of cutting-edge warfare
News
Technology
Glasses-free 3D screens let you see the wider picture
News
Technology
Crowdsourcing serves up the subtitles to your life
News
Technology
The scramble to avoid home broadband metering
News
Technology
Flickering lights help smartphones keep time
News
Physics
Peter Higgs: Boson discovery like being hit by a wave
News
Opinion
Health
Tale of two runners exposes flawed Olympic thinking
Testosterone and prosthetics: the latest attempts to draw the line between legality and cheating in athletics offend both science and natural justice
Opinion
Space
Pluto’s not a planet – it’s much odder than that
Opinion
Earth
We can’t afford to neglect ways to halt global warming
Opinion
Health
Rip up new Olympic sex test rules
Opinion
We are all susceptible to delusions
Opinion
Features
Humans
Are these the brain cells that give us consciousness?
The brainiest creatures share a secret – an odd kind of brain cell involved in emotions and empathy that may have accidentally made us conscious
Features
Space
Daredevil descents: Free-falling from space
Features
Humans
The true faces of emotion
Features
Olympic extremes: The winning formulas for London 2012
Features
Humans
Olympic extremes: Blood sport
Features
Humans
Olympic extremes: Thought control
Features
Humans
Olympic extremes: Freezer therapy
Features
Humans
Olympic extremes: Lucid dreaming
Features
Humans
Olympic extremes: A winning genome
Features
Humans
Olympic extremes: Breakfast of champions
Features
Humans
Olympic extremes: Peak performers
Features
Health
Olympic extremes: Contagion alert
Features
