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Are you asleep? Exploring the mind’s twilight zone

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Out of your head: Leaving the body behind

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Look into my eyes: The power of hypnosis

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Building a second sun: Take $10 billion, add coconuts

Table of contents

News

Personal genomics firms must admit limitations

Firms that do basic genetic tests to warn of health risks should be clearer about what such forecasts can tell you, says genomics pioneer Craig Venter

Packing heat makes you more likely to get shot

Earth

US climate bill feels the heat

Saturn’s biggest ring was hiding

Nobel foundation replies to calls for change

Devastating Indonesian earthquake ‘still to come’

Health

Down’s blood test hits speed bump

60 Seconds

Health

Targeted therapies exploit tiny chinks in cancer’s armour

Neutrino beam could get messages to lurking submarines

Flu in pregnancy leaves a mean legacy

Humans

CSI: Doodle 鈥� lie detection through art

Give forests back to local people to save them

Physics

Big bang flashgun to snap atomic anatomy

Evening breast milk means a good sleep

Ballerina tyrannosaur unearthed in Mongolia

Life

Baby dinosaur made tracks as it fled for its life

There’s gold in them there modified bacteria

Copycat suicides fuelled by media reporting

Rooks smarter than a 6-month-old baby

Blasted into space from a giant air gun

Life

Give a pig a mirror and it’ll find its dinner

Our ancestor Ardi walked tall

Souped-up stem cells rescue damaged limbs

Physics

Crystal is one-way street for microwaves

Brain-wave boost sets us to slow motion

Health

Artificial skin can’t fool the human touch

Technology

Card counters’ days are numbered

Technology

Which kids will get stuck in the web?

Physics

Cheap naked chips snap a perfect picture

Life

Adaptive games promise high scores for everyone

Life

Albatross inspires ocean-skimming drones

Technology

The US lets go of the internet 鈥� will anyone notice?

Opinion

Fusion is a gamble worth taking

We understand the science, so the sooner we get down to making it work, the better

Old-style trials will miss lifesaving drugs

Humans

Wake up at the back!

Health

Big banks, big pharma, big problems

Physics

Don Eigler: Two decades of nanotech

Earth

Scorched earth: Wildfires will change the way we live

Features

Health

Are you asleep? Exploring the mind’s twilight zone

You think you're awake, yet vital parts of your brain might be sleeping. That's bad news if you're trying to concentrate 鈥� or flying a plane

Health

Out of your head: Leaving the body behind

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Look into my eyes: The power of hypnosis

Earth

Building a second sun: Take $10 billion, add coconuts

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