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Health
Zap testes with ultrasound for temporary ‘vasectomy’
Could exposing men's gonads to ultrasound provide people in poor countries with a cheap, non-invasive alternative to a vasectomy?
News
Earth
Stray grey whale navigates the North-West Passage
News
Space
Newton’s tree joins list of odd items to fly to space
News
Earth
Republicans won’t be nudged into cutting home energy
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
Baby vaccine contaminated with pig virus
News
Humans
Witness brain scan won’t reveal whether the face fits
News
Space
Crumbling labs could clip NASA’s wings
News
Health
Cancer’s sweet tooth becomes a target
News
Environment
Neanderthals not the only apes humans bred with
News
Physics
Quantum space monster leaps from a gravity well
News
Space
Maiden voyage for first true space sail
News
Space
Venus orbiter to fly close to super-rotating wind
News
Earth
Weed resistance could mean herbicide is futile
News
Earth
Bahamas islands were giant labs for lizard experiment
News
Physics
Pyramids are the best shape for packing
News
Health
Artificial skin graft promises to make you sweat
News
Health
Bonding hormone helps men recognise emotions
News
Environment
Soft tissue remnants discovered in Archaeopteryx fossil
News
Life
Eye-squint-cheek-bulge means ‘ouch’
News
Earth
Dents in Earth’s gravitational field due to plumes
News
Life
Hand-washing wipes emotional baggage from decisions
News
Earth
Bugs will give us free power while cleaning our sewage
News
Earth
Cosmic ‘dandruff’ may have brought carbon to Earth
News
Health
Gene switch rejuvenates failing mouse brains
News
Technology
Infrared cameras could stop road tunnel fires
News
Health
Rocket-assisted pills pack a punch to the gut
News
Technology
Is water the key to cheaper nanoelectronics?
News
Earth
Oil industry failed to heed blowout warnings
News
Technology
New deep-sea cables needed to protect global economy
News
Space
Scramjet with stamina ready for hypersonic test
News
Opinion
Welcome to the family, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Is there any reason not to allow the squat, rugged, cold-loving apes into the fold with Homo sapiens?
Opinion
Environment
The lesson of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Opinion
Omega-3: Best taken with a big pinch of salt
Opinion
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Opinion
Health
Flab rats: Unfit animals are bad for experiments
Opinion
UK election: did candidates with the right face win?
Opinion
Special report: Living in denial
Opinion
Living in denial: When a sceptic isn’t a sceptic
Opinion
Humans
Living in denial: Why sensible people reject the truth
Opinion
Living in denial: How corporations manufacture doubt
Opinion
Humans
Living in denial: Unleashing a lie
Opinion
Living in denial: Questioning science isn’t blasphemy
Opinion
Living in denial: The truth is our only weapon
Opinion
