Science
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Curiosity digs up carbon compounds that could be food for life in sediments that formed 3bn years ago
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Findings offer hope of accurate predictions on age of foetus and early birth through test that picks up free-floating RNA in the mother’s blood
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Ancient prints bring scientists closer to understanding what were the first creatures to evolve pairs of legs -
PrEP availability may play a part in men’s complacency about the chances of becoming infected, study suggests -
ESA director general argues for more collaboration as EU ramps up investment in own space agency
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Palaeontologists and museum curators try to keep their objects safe, but sometimes there are forces outside of their control
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Scientists develop a method of turning white fat to brown fat, which burns calories faster -
Research found some patients had lower E coli levels after being given cocktail of ‘phages’ -
Key issues
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Venus and the waxing crescent Moon are visible in the constellation Cancer this week, pointing towards the brightest star in Gemini -
Research found some patients had lower E coli levels after being given cocktail of ‘phages’
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‘It’s the most colour-blind place on Earth. It took me four flights to get there. I wanted to celebrate the islanders’ unique way of seeing the world’ -
In equal societies, citizens trust each other and contribute to their community. This goes into reverse in countries like ours, say Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, the authors of The Inner Level -
Other lives: Experimental particle physicist and humanitarian -
A race is on to mine billions of dollars in resources from the solar system’s asteroids, fuelling our future among the stars
In depth
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Venus and the waxing crescent Moon are visible in the constellation Cancer this week, pointing towards the brightest star in Gemini
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In equal societies, citizens trust each other and contribute to their community. This goes into reverse in countries like ours, say Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, the authors of The Inner Level
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The government has a minister to fight this modern-day epidemic, but still decimates services for those at risk, says freelance writer Moya Sarner -
Pictures & video
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Nasa expert Jennifer Eigenbrode explains how the organic matter found on Mars might have ended up there and what the source could be
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Nasa launches spacecraft from California on unprecedented geological mission to explore planet
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After five years, 10,000 plants uprooted and replanted, 15,000 panes of glass replaced, 69,000 sections of metal, stone and timber repaired or replaced, enough scaffolding to stretch the length of the M25, and £41m spent, the largest Victorian glasshouse in the world is ready to open its doors again. The Temperate House in Kew Gardens is once again, as Sir David Attenborough describes it, ‘a breathtakingly beautiful space’
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The funeral service of Prof Stephen Hawking took place at the University Church of St Mary the Great in Cambridge.
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An elephant has been seen 'smoking' in south India, baffling wildlife experts
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Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions, has died aged 76
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