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Autism 1hr 41min ago

Autism can be detected in babies, say scientists

27 Jan 2012: Researchers used sensors placed on babies' scalps to measure the brain's response when the infants were shown faces
Alain de Botton 12hr 15min ago

Alain de Botton reveals plans for 'temple to atheism' in heart of London

26 Jan 2012: Writer wants to build tower to celebrate life on earth as an antidote to Richard Dawkins' 'destructive' approach to atheism
Climate change scepticism 12hr 23min ago

Transparency needed on donors to climate sceptic lobby

26 Jan 2012: Letters: Perverting evidence-based policy on climate-change adaptation and mitigation damages our health resilience, our economic prosperity and our environmental stability
Comment is free 15hr 9min ago

Why I'm off for some vitamin D – until the sun comes out

26 Jan 2012: Ann Robinson: Vitamin D deficiency is being linked with sudden infant deaths and fractures in children. Is it time to start taking supplements?
Canada 17hr 6min ago

Canadian teenagers send Lego man into space

26 Jan 2012:
Using home-stitched parachute and equipment found on Craigslist, two 17-year-olds send Lego-naut 80,000ft into the air
Climate change 23hr 35min ago

Climate change: threats and opportunities to the UK - graphic

26 Jan 2012: Interactive
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has identified potential opportunities and threats for the UK that could arise as a result of climate change
Forests 1 day ago

World's giant trees are dying off rapidly, studies show

26 Jan 2012: Ecological 'kings of the jungle' being toppled by forest fragmentation, severe drought and new pests and diseases
Crime 1 day ago

How honest are you?

25 Jan 2012:
New research claims we are all a little more dishonest than we used to be, but answer these questions and you may just discover that you are completely scrupulous after all
Cif belief 1 day ago

This could be Carl Jung's century

25 Jan 2012: Andrew Samuels: The psychoanalyst saw himself as a sort of therapist for western culture, and his diagnosis of its ills resonates today
Neuroscience 1 day ago

Magic mushrooms in the neuropsychoanalytical framework

25 Jan 2012:
Mo Costandi: Do psychedelic drugs unleash psychical energy in the brain?
Wildlife 1 day ago

New species discovered in Suriname - in pictures

25 Jan 2012: Gallery (20 pictures)
An armoured catfish, a cowboy frog, and a 'Crayola' katydid are among the 46 new species discovered during an expedition to remote areas of Suriname
Health 2 days ago

Vitamin D awareness in decline, say doctors

24 Jan 2012:
Doctors say many people have inadequate levels of vitamin D and the public are no longer aware of its importance

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Cif belief 3 days ago

Courage: a product of practice rather than faith

23 Jan 2012: Giles Fraser: The question of moral courage – and whether you can get better at it – has stayed with me ever since I was shot at by Israelis
Comment is free 4 days ago

Drones in the hands of the paparazzi? It's an ethics and privacy minefield

22 Jan 2012: Becky Hogge: America's use of drones for targeted killings is serious enough. But commercial and law enforcement uses are on the horizon
Comment is free 5 days ago

Could lab-grown meat soon be the solution to the world's food crisis?

22 Jan 2012:
Hannah Tuomisto and Avijit Roy: Cultured meat, developed in the laboratory, could have a dramatic effect on global hunger and climate change

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Editor's choice

Why Newt Gingrich's moon base will remain an impossible dream

Alok Jha: Given the resources, Nasa could establish a moon base within a decade. But that's not going to happen
The BBC's problem with science

Martin Robbins: As Ed Vaizey meets with the BBC to discuss the representation of women on and off air, it's time to highlight another minority group excluded by broadcasters - scientists

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Autism can be detected in babies, say scientists

Researchers used sensors placed on babies' scalps to measure the brain's response when the infants were shown faces
Alain de Botton reveals plans for 'temple to atheism' in heart of London

Writer wants to build tower to celebrate life on earth as an antidote to Richard Dawkins' 'destructive' approach to atheism
Canadian teenagers send Lego man into space

Using home-stitched parachute and equipment found on Craigslist, two 17-year-olds send Lego-naut 80,000ft into the air
World's giant trees are dying off rapidly, studies show

Ecological 'kings of the jungle' being toppled by forest fragmentation, severe drought and new pests and diseases
Vitamin D awareness in decline, say doctors

Doctors say many people have inadequate levels of vitamin D and the public are no longer aware of its importance
Plans for Sellafield plutonium reactor rejected

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority sees technology as immature and commercially unproven, internal emails reveal
Oldest dinosaur nests discovered in South Africa

Massospondylus nesting site – with fossilised eggs and tiny footprints – is 100m years older than any previously discovered
Ducks replace paddy-field pesticides

Japanese farmers rediscover ancient rice-growing technique that boosts production without the need for chemicals
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Features

How honest are you?

New research claims we are all a little more dishonest than we used to be, but answer these questions and you may just discover that you are completely scrupulous after all
Is there still a chance of seeing the northern lights in Britain?

It could be possible to see the aurora borealis as far south as London. So how do you maximise your chances of seeing the spectacular light show?
The payout to the boss of RBS is a disastrous deal for the taxpayer

Aditya Chakrabortty: Ministers could act over Stephen Hester, the most lavishly rewarded public servant of all – but will they?
How to learn to love maths

New advice suggests children should study maths until they leave school. Don't be scared though, numbers are wonderful, fascinating things, says Alex Bellos
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Northern lights - your pictures of the aurora borealis

How you captured the spectacle of the northern lights as they appeared in skies across Europe and north America on Sunday night. The aurora borealis was seen from locations across the northern hemisphere, including in Scotland, the north east of England, northern Ireland, Ireland and Scandinavia