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Space

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Earth

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Table of contents

News

Science rears its head in Republican debates

Last week's debates between Republican candidates for the US presidency were surprising in how much air time was given to science-related issues

Health

Emergency plan to stop Europe’s tuberculosis crisis

Space

Super-Earth discovered in a habitable zone

Environment

Glowing transgenic cats could boost AIDS research

60 Seconds

Laser fusion trio team up to develop clean power

Earth

Elemental threat to everyday tech spelled out

Earth

Wolverine’s survival is in the hands of the law

Health

Cancer’s cravings could be its undoing

Space

Pluto’s icy exterior may conceal an ocean

Life

Evolutionary mystery of female orgasm deepens

Space

Ashes from massacred planets hide black holes

Physics

Attoclock turns electrons into movie stars

Life

Life-like cells are made of metal

Earth

The next Pangaea will have pieces missing

Health

Knock out one gene to knock out chronic pain

Physics

Neutron star smash-ups may forge gold

Health

Brain cancer fits halted by gut drug

Space

Multiple dwarf strikes gave Milky Way its spirals

Humans

South African fossils halfway between ape and human

Life

‘Gloomy’ gene may make you more positive

Fathers are responsible for mother tongues

Life

Honeybee anti-waggle song tells others to buzz off

Earth

Virus gene engineer sends caterpillars to a sticky end

Technology

Darwin’s robots: Survival of the fittest digital brain

Health

Nokia app powers portable brain scanner

Technology

Base-jumping robot throws itself off buildings

Technology

Robot-assisted plants find their place in the sun

Technology

Subversive apps help citizens fight state silencing

Opinion

Stamp out anti-science in US politics

It is time to reject political movements that turn their backs on science, says Nobel prizewinner and Royal Society president Paul Nurse

Trying to understand the English riots is not a crime

Space

Dava Sobel: Why I fell for Copernicus

Bj枚rk: I was always a bit of a nerd

Aperture

Heat of the night: See Masai Mara wildlife in the dark

See more: To see the image this article refers to, keep checking Picture of the Day on our news blog Short Sharp Science

Features

Space

520 days: Surviving everyday life on a mission to Mars

One of the most extreme psychological experiments ever is drawing to a close. New 杏吧原创 gets exclusive access to Mars 500's mission control

Health

The unsung sense: How smell rules your life

Earth

Current power: New tide turbines tap oceans of energy

Environment

Bonobo Eden: At home with the peace-and-love apes

Culture

Bringing Dawkins home to the kids

In The Magic of Reality, Richard Dawkins brings science 鈥� and atheism 鈥� to teens. New 杏吧原创 reporter Andy Coghlan took it home to read with his family

Fiddling with fibreglass

Murder and bad medicine

More

A matter of chemistry

Chemists are in demand in many industries but getting your foot in the door can be difficult. Read the stories of those who already have a track record

Regulars

Feedback: Canine two-dimensional perception

More on hiding from dogs in trees, style tips for recreational drug users, copyright lawyers in space, and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Rotor imbalance

Shout it out

On the sauce

Martinis are forever

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