science
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This week, we cheered Nasa spacecraft’s arrival at Jupiter, embraced goats as our new best friends and probed a study on fertility treatments
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After five years and 1.4bn miles, the Nasa spacecraft has arrived at its final destination, but what is this plucky little probe hoping to find?
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A bald eagle, drought-hit alligators, and a feeding leopard are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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Giant gas ball four times the mass of Jupiter is in a three-star system. It swings around one, but sees sunrises and sunsets from all three. Take that Tatooine
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Tiny robotic stingray gives hope to scientists they can create artificial creatures and ultimately build a human heart
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In the middle of another record-breaking year, a new way of using the data
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Campaign Against Arms Trade says astronaut would be ‘promotional tool’ for weapons manufacturers
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With rates of human papilloma virus on the rise, it is vital to immunise males as well as females, researchers believe
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key issues
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SpaceSpaceStarwatch: Teapot in SagittariusThe Teapot appears to be pouring to the right, its spout represented by the stars Alnasl and Kaus Australis
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BiologyBiologyHow sea otters help save the planetNew research into the complex links of the food chain suggest that the lovable mammals play a key role in managing carbon dioxide levels
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GeneticsGeneticsNew way to test cancer drugs boosts hopes for personalised treatmentLandmark study shows how existing drugs could potentially be repurposed to treat new groups of patients
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Medical researchMedical researchGive HPV vaccine to boys to protect against cancers, experts sayWith rates of human papilloma virus on the rise, it is vital to immunise males as well as females, researchers believe
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PsychologyPsychologyAre you a saint or a sinner? Take our personality quiz…The truth may lie in how honestly you answer quizzes and questionnaires
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PhysicsPhysicsGenius by Stephen Hawking review – why not just get Hawking to present it?It’s not their fault, but these ‘ordinary people’ conducting silly experiments add little to our understanding of space-time. Plus: a funnier time with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
in depth
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The Teapot appears to be pouring to the right, its spout represented by the stars Alnasl and Kaus Australis
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A series exploring the science and emotion of our everyday lives
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We put food colouring into vanilla yoghurt and challenged people to guess the flavour. Will they all be duped or might someone see through our ruse?
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Jelly beans are identical in size and shape – perfect for a blindfold taste test. Could you guess the right flavours?
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Colour, sound and shape are just as important as sugar and salt in determining how food tastes. Why do senses combine in our brains - and will a red light bulb really make cake sweeter? Tamal Ray takes us on a scientific tour of gastrophysics
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We ask people to sit a blindfolded taste test. Identifying one crisp flavour from another sounds easy, right?
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Tamal Ray, anaesthetist and baker, Professor Charles Spence, experimental psychologist at the University of Oxford and chef Jozef Youssef embark on a journey to decode the science of flavour
opinion
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We have failed to engage enough with public and done little to address the under-representation of working-class researchers
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Fringe political groups such as One Nation, Family First and the Liberal Democrats still reject the evidence that humans are causing climate change
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pictures & video
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Planet HD 131399Ab is located 320 light years away in the constellation of Centaurus
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Astronomers capture images of the luminous auroras that light up the poles of Jupiter
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Nasa scientists celebrate as they receive confirmation that the $1.1bn Juno probe, which launched from Earth five years ago, has successfully entered orbit around Jupiter
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After a five-year, 1.8 billion mile journey, Nasa’s Juno spacecraft will reach Jupiter to help scientists understand how exactly the planet was formed
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A collection of zoological wonders from June 2016, featuring the origins of dogs, shocking eels, a Godzilla fish and more
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Nasa carried out a successful test on a rocket booster in Cape Canaveral in Florida on Tuesday. The booster is intended to form part of the mission that will see the first human exploration of Mars
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British astronaut Tim Peake says he’d love to go to the moon for his next mission
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Why we are calling for a ban on vets offering homeopathic remedies