science
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Birth of apparently healthy mice from eggs created from stem cells has led to speculation that one day technique could be used to treat humans
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Scientists create the highest plasma pressure ever recorded with the Alcator C-Mod reactor in a breakthrough for clean energy technology
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The Shenzhou 11 astronauts will spend 30 days in space testing the station in preparation for the start of full operations in 2022
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Schiaparelli is the first European Space Agency probe in nearly 15 years to try to make contact with the red planet
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Aiming to decipher the types and properties of every cell, the project will attempt to work out exactly what we are made from and how illness develops
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Political science With entry charges and oil sponsorship, the Science Museum has lost its way
Chris GarrardWonderlab, the new interactive gallery for children at the Science Museum, is a mess of ethical and science communication contradictions.
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Political science Why policy needs philosophers as much as it needs science
Adam Briggle and Robert Frodeman
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Vice-president’s $1bn effort on behalf of cancer research has seen improved information-sharing, report says, but its future is unclear
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A pioneering research project is aiming to determine how forests in the Amazon, the Congo and elsewhere in the tropics will reacting to rising temperatures
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key issues
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SpaceSpaceWas Venus the first habitable planet in our solar system?Often referred to as Earth’s evil twin, Venus is the solar system’s hottest planet. But research suggests that Venus may have had vast oceans and a balmy climate
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BiologyBiologyHealthy mice born from first lab-grown eggs spark calls for debate on future useBirth of apparently healthy mice from eggs created from stem cells has led to speculation that one day technique could be used to treat humans
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GeneticsGeneticsIs your child a fussy eater? The reason could be in their genesResearch suggests that picky eating and a refusal to try new foods are heavily influenced by a child’s genetic makeup
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Medical researchMedical researchCancer Moonshot program is 'close to gigantic progress', Joe Biden saysVice-president’s $1bn effort on behalf of cancer research has seen improved information-sharing, report says, but its future is unclear
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PsychologyPsychologyWhy is so much research dodgy? Blame the Research Excellence Framework
Why is so much research dodgy? Blame the Research Excellence Framework
Alex Jones and Andrew KempThe Ref star system encourages novelty but offers no incentive to replicate studies – and that’s exactly what scientists need to do to be more sure of our claims -
PhysicsPhysicsMIT nuclear fusion record marks latest step towards unlimited clean energyScientists create the highest plasma pressure ever recorded with the Alcator C-Mod reactor in a breakthrough for clean energy technology
in depth
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With 400,000 YouTube subscribers and his first book on the way, French evolutionary biologist Léo Grasset talks about research, failure – and teaching people to think
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opinion
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Why is so much research dodgy? Blame the Research Excellence Framework
Alex Jones and Andrew KempThe Ref star system encourages novelty but offers no incentive to replicate studies – and that’s exactly what scientists need to do to be more sure of our claims -
As a card-carrying fusspot who hates to cause offence, I usually cram down the offending food and feign enjoyment. Now I can deploy the supertaster defence
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pictures & video
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A collection of zoological wonders from September 2016, featuring gambling wolves, friendly tits and happy bees
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One of the three British 2016 Nobel prize winners Duncan Haldane has called his win a gratifying recognition.
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A member of the Nobel committee attempts to explain what topology is using a cinnamon bun, a bagel and a pretzel
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Cameras outside the International Space Station capture images of Hurricane Matthew as it makes it way towards Jamaica and Haiti
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Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi speaks on Monday after being awarded the Nobel prize in medicine for his discoveries on how the body’s cells detoxify and repair themselves
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Footage captures the the moment spacecraft controllers recognise the loss of Rosetta’s signal
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The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission is about to come to a dramatic end. This week it will be set on a collision course with comet 67P to end the mission
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Was Venus the first habitable planet in our solar system?