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

Physics

Nothing to see: The man who made a Majorana particle

Physicist Leo Kouwenhoven ended a 75-year hunt for the tricky Majorana fermion – a particle that is its own antiparticle – by creating one on a chip

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Earth

When disaster strikes, it’s survival of the sociable

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One manual shouldn’t dictate US mental health research

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Predictive power won’t take away the big decisions

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Health

One manual shouldn’t dictate US mental health research

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Technology

Is there more to slacktivism than gesture politics?

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Life

To make your star quality real, you need a roadmap

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Environment

Why we are sitting ducks for China’s bird flu

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Going high-tech to keep the world’s Muslims halal

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Humans

Analogy: The vital talent that fuels our minds

We take for granted our ability to reason using analogies, but the skill is at the core of human cognition, argue Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander

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Environment

The risk of a flu pandemic is very real

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Earth

Bees need Europe’s pesticide ban, whatever the UK says

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How to stop Excel errors driving austerity economics

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Health

Psychiatry needs its Higgs boson moment

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