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What does China’s monkey breakthrough mean for human cloning?

Life

What does China’s monkey breakthrough mean for human cloning?

The creation of monkey clones is a big breakthrough, but making a copy of an adult is still not possible and the ethics of cloning remain unchanged

Leader

Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, first cloned monkeys

Life

51¶¯Âþs have cloned monkeys and it could help treat cancer

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Australia's A$60 million plan for Great Barrier Reef won't work

Earth

Australia's A$60 million plan for Great Barrier Reef won't work

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Humans

Planet and people: new books for Anthropocene times

Culture

A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea

Earth

A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea

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Life

Trophy: Is hunting really the only way to save big game?

Culture

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Humans

Sniff the apocalypse: An art show with perfume for the end times

Culture

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Space

The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead

Culture

Vienna’s Biennale poses hard questions for near and far futures

Life

Vienna’s Biennale poses hard questions for near and far futures

Culture

China tackles climate change with world's largest carbon market

Earth

China tackles climate change with world's largest carbon market

The Chinese state hopes to use market forces to encourage energy-hungry firms to seek cleaner alternatives, but simply telling them what to do may be more effective

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Health

2018 preview: Opioids will kill tens of thousands more people

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Physics

Exploring the universe – and how we found our place in it

Culture

Health

2018 preview: Gene therapy treats disease while in the womb

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Technology

People without electricity could end up living the energy dream

Insight

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