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Opinion

Read expert opinions from the world's leading scientific minds on everything from science's big conundrums and latest research outcomes to future science

Space

Yuri Gagarin: 108 minutes in space

Fifty years after he became the first human to venture into space, we follow the Soviet cosmonaut through his mission

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The fight for a fair libel law in England is not over

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Earth

Population expert: The 11-billion-person planet

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When should we give rights to robots?

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The sun is our only truly renewable energy source

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Life

Surfing the data flood: Why omniscience is a curse

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Health

Don’t let polio eradication slip away again

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Cut nuclear power’s umbilical cord to the military

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In praise of the humble proton

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Humans

Religion is irrational, but so is atheism

Why are some people religious and others atheists? Do we really know what we mean by atheism? Jonathan Lanman thinks he has found a very paradoxical clue

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Earth

Risk expert: Why radiation fears are often exaggerated

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Life

Banking cheats will always prosper

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Life

Egyptologist: The west is driving looting

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There’s more to fear from nature than nuclear power

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