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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

Earth

Developing a cartography of fear

We need new words to describe the landscape of fear experienced by animals when predators are nearby – "isophobes", anyone?

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Earth

Act now to avert a global water crisis

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Physics

Weinstein’s theory of everything is probably nothing

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Earth

Sea level rise: Drowning in numbers

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Earth

We’ve reached a troubling carbon dioxide milestone

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Space

It’s time to start mining the moon

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Technology

Like it or not, this is the age of ubiquitous computing

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Long may science continue to inspire poetry

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Earth

We can let fission fizzle out in a renewable world

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Technology

Why we need to stop military killer robots now

Artificial intelligence expert Mark Bishop says a ban on weapons that can deploy and destroy without human intervention is vital

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Humans

Tracing the roots of food preference to keep us healthy

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Earth

Rebuilding not rewinding is the future of conservation

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Health

Stem cells: Back to the future

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Health

How was Angelina Jolie’s breast cancer risk calculated?

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