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Humans

The ethics issue: Should we make everyone ‘normal’?

If more people thought and acted in the same way, societies would probably be happier and safer. But at what cost?

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Life

The ethics issue: Should we abandon privacy online?

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Life

The ethics issue: Should we give robots the right to kill?

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Environment

The ethics issue: Should we let synthetic life forms loose?

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Earth

The ethics issue: Should we geoengineer the planet?

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Humans

The ethics issue: Should we impose population controls?

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Life

The ethics issue: Should we colonise other planets?

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Life

The ethics issue: Should we stop doing science?

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Life

Find the flow: Harnessing the incredible power of living fluids

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Earth

Open the floodgates: Designer deluges could save dammed rivers

Dams provide vital green power but destroy precious river ecosystems. Could unleashing artificial floods give us the best of both worlds?

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Health

Mary Somerville: Queen of 19th-century science

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Health

Why your real age may be older 鈥� or younger 鈥� than your years

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Humans

The Dos and Don鈥檛s of disappearing in the digital age

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Health

Would you give one of your kidneys to a stranger?

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