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What Nobel winner Tim Hunt’s sexist outburst actually tells us

Biochemist Tim Hunt suggests gender-segregated labs, so the men aren't distracted by the tearful "girls". What was he thinking?

Physics

Laser beam warfare is here – but not as we expected

Health

Shunning the sun may be killing you in more ways than you think

Space

Our exploration of the solar system is just getting started

Earth

New Urbanist: Giving physical shape to invisible signals

Health

It’s fun to play ‘what if’ with Ubble but will it boost health?

Ian Crozier

Health

Ebola doctor: I would have been dead in a week

Earth

I can turn your food waste into glass

Why now is the right time to abolish the UK’s nuclear deterrent

Technology

4 sinister threats that loom for the cashless society

Increasing reliance on electronic payment creates dangers for consumer protection, privacy, political interference and competition

Health

Unregulated faecal transplants could squander gut-bug promise

Life

An impossible, unethical experiment, but fascinating all the same

Investors are poised to cash in on the misery of a big El Niño

Environment

Chimps with magic stove show evolutionary capacity for cooking