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Why banning CRISPR gene editing would be unnecessarily cautious
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Should we be worried that genes can be edited so easily?
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Meet the weird amphibian that rules the underworld
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Want a computer that never crashes? Don't let bugs freak it out
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Have we found the key to eradicating viruses like HIV or herpes?
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Is a new dawn of widespread gene therapy on the horizon?
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Will CRISPR gene-editing technology lead to designer babies?
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Is quantum physics behind your brain's ability to think?
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Editing life: A guide to the genetic revolution on our doorstep
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Table of contents
Leaders
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Space
Weirdly tilted planet knocks formation theory out of line
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Technology
Computers learn to create photos of bedrooms and faces on demand
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Earth
Sword and dagger arachnid fights may explain weapon evolution
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Space
A threesome may explain behaviour of galaxy's most bizarre star
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Health
Cancer's genetic tipping point reveals who'd benefit from chemo
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Life
Hundreds of giant dinosaur footprints found in Scottish lagoon
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Health
Having trouble giving up smoking? Blame your genes
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Life
Ultra-marathon runners' brains shrank while racing across Europe
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Health
Opinion split over ‘on demand' drug that reduces risk of HIV
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Earth
Massive crevasse in the ice forces early move for Antarctic base
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Earth
Critical Paris climate summit kicks off – but can it deliver?
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A welcome blow to the myth of distinct male and female brains
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Health
Northern Ireland abortion laws deemed to breach human rights
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Space
Chinese satellite to shine a light on mysterious dark matter
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Life
UK must curb 2-for-1 food promotions to crack obesity epidemic
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Earth
UK scraps carbon-storage plans, making green targets unreachable
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Health
Why has Peter Sutcliffe been in Broadmoor for so long?
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Earth
60 seconds
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Scans prove there's no such thing as a ‘male' or ‘female' brain
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Space
How to encrypt a message in the afterglow of the big bang
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Technology
Blood gushes from virtual leg injury to help train combat medics
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Physics
LHC might soon see hints of new quark dark matter particle
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Technology
Man with no limbs controls robotic hand using muscle whispers
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Technology
Are jetpacks about to finally break into the mainstream?
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Technology
One Per Cent
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Life
Stone Age Picasso made oldest known drawing of human settlement
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Opinion
Aperture
Features
Life
Is quantum physics behind your brain's ability to think?
Features
Life
Editing life: A guide to the genetic revolution on our doorstep
Features
Life
Will CRISPR gene-editing technology lead to designer babies?
Features
Life
Is a new dawn of widespread gene therapy on the horizon?
Features
Life
Have we found the key to eradicating viruses like HIV or herpes?
Features
