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We can rewrite our genetic code: Best ideas of the century

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We can rewrite our genetic code: Best ideas of the century

Our genomes are filled with errors that were once impossible to correct. But in CRISPR, we finally found an extraordinarily powerful tool for treating genetic disease – and perhaps making better versions of ourselves

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Psychiatry has finally found an objective way to spot mental illness

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Psychiatry has finally found an objective way to spot mental illness

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Three ways to become calmer this New Year that you haven't tried (yet)

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Aree Aupeia, 32, standing on the sea front near a house that gets regularly flooded during high tide events. The village is regularly flooded during high tides despite residents attempts to build sea walls or take care of those that were built by the local government, but frequent big waves continue to damage them, putting resident's houses, and gardens under the constant threat.

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The Pacific Islanders fighting to save their homes from catastrophe

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Our elegant universe: rethinking nature’s deepest principle

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Our elegant universe: rethinking nature’s deepest principle

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How rethinking your relationship with time could give you more of it

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How rethinking your relationship with time could give you more of it

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A on pump transforms into a judge's gavel

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The secret weapon that could finally force climate action

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What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?

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What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?

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Woman hugging her mother in front of sea under sky

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The emotion you never knew you had, and how to feel more of it

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The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished

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The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished

A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years of hunting yielded nothing – but now twin brothers think they have solved the puzzle

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Low on energy? A new understanding of rest could help revitalise you

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How to extend and improve your life by getting more creative

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How lab-grown lichen could help us to build habitations on Mars

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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

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