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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

Humans

‘Palaeo-porn’: we’ve got it all wrong

The idea that curvaceous figurines are prehistoric pornography is an excuse to legitimise modern behaviour as having ancient roots, says archaeologist April Nowell

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Health

Is schizophrenia more than one disease?

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Technology

Is telepresence the next big thing?

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Physics

Time to think beyond the Large Hadron Collider

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Earth

Don’t let the Big Apple rot

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Space

Why I’ve built my own satellite

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Oliver Sacks

Humans

Oliver Sacks: I want to de-stigmatise hallucinations

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Earth

The US military is a useful ally on climate change

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Earth

We must heed the warnings from superstorm Sandy

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Earth

UK gardeners must take some blame for ash dieback

With imported plants the main source of deadly tree diseases, gardeners need to learn to be green as well as green-fingered

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Space

Science and religion do not have to be at loggerheads

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Obama is still the best hope for science in the US

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Humans

Gay ‘cures’ don’t work but banning them helps nobody

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Health

Crowdsourcing a cure for my brain cancer

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