Humans
Art’s early dawn: When intelligence really began
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Technology
Cockpit computers are sapping pilots’ ability to fly
Over-reliance on automated systems represents the biggest threat to air safety, says aviation report
News
Space
Jolly green comet blazes a trail towards sun
News
Earth
Climate change’s influence on tornadoes is a mixed bag
News
Earth
UN negotiators ditch climate-friendly agriculture plan
News
60 Seconds
News
Bitcoin value smashes records in China and US
News
Life
Eased one-child policy won’t lead to more girls 鈥� yet
News
Earth
Australia cementing status as climate bad-boy
News
Health
Cancer meets its nemesis in reprogrammed blood cells
News
Health
Vastly diluted bleach may have protective effect on skin
News
Physics
Slaying dragon-kings could prevent financial crashes
News
Early life built Earth’s continents
News
Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans
News
Life
Perfection is a myth, show 50,000 bacterial generations
News
Humans
Oldest human genome reveals roots of first Americans
News
Space
NASA scout blasts off for Mars to search for lost air
News
Losing their dino tail limited size of flightless birds
News
Health
Warm your blood to track dangerous oozes
News
Physics
Uncool quantum state survives for record 40 minutes
News
Environment
Wolves turned into dogs by European hunter-gatherers
News
Souped-up bacteria clears hookworm from hamster guts
News
Earth
Seething volcano buried under Antarctica’s ice
News
Health
Pregnant mother’s stress affects baby’s gut and brain
News
Health
All in the mind: hone movement skills just by thinking
News
Technology
Robotutor marks the homework of a class of thousands
News
Technology
Music helps you frame the perfect smartphone snap
News
Humans
Electrode recreates all four tastes on your tongue
News
Technology
Text messages tell drivers when there’s a jam ahead
News
Technology
One Per Cent
News
Opinion
Health
Beating cancer by blocking off its escape routes
Finally, we are in a winning position in the war against cancer thanks to new treatments based on modified immune cells
Opinion
Humans
Don’t bury Europe’s remarkable prehistoric culture
Opinion
Humans
Taming the beasts of the global economy
Opinion
Earth
Admit it: we can’t measure our ecological footprint
Opinion
Technology
My quantum algorithm won’t break the internet鈥� yet
Opinion
Life
Darwinian business needn’t be red in tooth and claw
Opinion
Features
Humans
Art’s early dawn: When intelligence really began
All over the world, we鈥檙e finding art tens of thousands of years older than it should be. What awoke our creative minds so early?
Features
Space
My astronaut diary: A space tourist’s long countdown
Features
Health
The germ detectives: Tracking the DNA to patient zero
Features
Earth
Don’t abandon ship! How to salvage a mega-vessel
Features
Culture
Regulars
Feedback: Light of whose life?
The solar light of whose life, a further parcel of puzzles, a holiday in the past, sculpture is not for everyone and more
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