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Life

Happy families? Not with these policies

Governments are implementing welfare cuts that makes having children a less-than-happy experience

Life

Synthetic biology needs a grand design vision

Space

Our telescope could give everyone their own galaxy to study

Technology

Smart machines may discover things we can’t, but we still matter

Technology

It’s not too late to reclaim our online privacy

Humans

How to navigate the moral maze of the Ashley Madison leak

Health

It’s time to wave goodbye to limits on how much fat we eat

Technology

I want artificial intelligence to settle our disputes

Health

Psychiatry is reinventing itself thanks to advances in biology

Life

New Urbanist: Home is where the robots live

New Urbanist is a monthly column that explores how technology and design are changing our cities, homes, the built environment – and ourselves

Humans

Consciousness evolved for the greater good, not just the self

Earth

Critics of ban on bee-harming pesticides are sowing confusion

Earth

Conservation tech spells game over for grouse hunting

Technology

My cacti could generate electricity and help curb climate change