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Technology

The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

Robots are becoming more a part of our lives every year, and worries about a robot army rising up have long plagued the technology. But columnist Annalee Newitz talks to nanobot researchers and finds out the real robot army could be a welcome solution to medical or environmental problems

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Life

Tobacco plant altered to produce five psychedelic drugs

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Life

Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?

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A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

Health

A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

Features

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 15: 3D printed organ scaffolds by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is displayed as part of the 'AI: More than Human' exhibition at the Barbican Curve Gallery on May 15, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Barbican Centre)

Health

A fascinatingly grisly guide to replacing and repairing body parts

Culture

Environment

Gene-edited pigs resistant to swine fever could boost animal welfare

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Life

Would a ban on genetic engineering of wildlife hamper conservation?

Analysis

Health

Huntington’s disease breakthrough: what to know about the gene therapy

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Two people's faces are shown, chin to chin, with their heads tilted back. A firefighter stands on the face of the person on the left, spraying a hose that is hooked up to the nose of the person on the right,

Health

Can a strange new treatment finally relieve chronic sinus infections?

Features

A human spine with integrated electronic circuits embedded into it

Health

The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds

From flexible implants to circuits seeded with living cells, a new kind of electronics is starting to produce long-lasting implants with the potential to help everything from paralysis to hearing and vision loss

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Health

Let a breakthrough in measuring body clocks ease the ills of shiftwork

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Health

How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

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Health

Genetically tailored microbes could tweak our microbiomes

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Life

Colossal's plans to "de-extinct" the giant moa are still impossible

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