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Study of virus’s evolution shows strains in Americas share a single ancestor, and suggest it could have arrived during the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup
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With 473 genes Syn3.0 is the simplest self-replicating cell known and could be basis for new organisms designed to make new antibiotics, fuels and drugs
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Jo Marchant, science journalist and author of Cure reveals the powerful and unexpected ways in which the mind can have a role in healing
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New advice represents a u-turn in treatment for back pain, which affects one in 10 people, after evidence review showed acupuncture no better than placebos
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Paolo Macchiarini is alleged to have continued with new method of windpipe surgery despite it not working, with six of eight patients later dying
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The extinct Steller’s sea cow has much to marvel at, including its size, jaws and apparently “fingerless” forelimbs
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High on Mont Blanc, huge ice cores are being extracted to help researchers study the alarming rate of glacial melt
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Ceiling had to be dismantled to include three giant granite figures in exhibition of relics found in city that crumbled into sea
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SpaceSpaceInternational Space Station by David Nixon review – logistics of floating in a tin canA painstaking account of the construction of the ISS and the daily routine of the astronauts who inhabit it
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BiologyBiologyLook, no hands: Steller’s sea cowThe extinct Steller’s sea cow has much to marvel at, including its size, jaws and apparently “fingerless” forelimbs
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GeneticsGeneticsLandmark as lab creates synthetic cell with minimum genes needed for lifeWith 473 genes Syn3.0 is the simplest self-replicating cell known and could be basis for new organisms designed to make new antibiotics, fuels and drugs
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Medical researchMedical researchThe MIT lab flushing out a city’s secretsResearchers in Massachusetts are looking at ways to tackle public health issues by delving into the sewers. Luckily, a robot does all the dirty work…
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PsychologyPsychologyOpen wide: why yawning reveals much about your level of empathyWhen you see someone yawn and stretch, what do you feel like doing? The answer may surprise you, says Ben Ambridge
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PhysicsPhysicsFirst particle-beams of 2016 in Cern's Large Hadron ColliderThe LHC has begun circulating proton beams again, after a 13-week maintenance break. What are the next steps?
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Researchers in Massachusetts are looking at ways to tackle public health issues by delving into the sewers. Luckily, a robot does all the dirty work…
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opinion
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How to inoculate people against Donald Trump’s fact-bending claims
John Cook and Margaret CranePsychologists know that die-hard supporters of an idea aren’t usually swayed by the facts. That’s why prevention is better than cure -
A new study shows how altruism wells up from the most primitive parts of the brain. It counts for little, though, if our rational powers aren’t engaged too
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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council photo competition allows researchers and doctoral students to share their work in pictures
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A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrive on the International Space Station around 0520 GMT on Saturday
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Footage from the UK Meteor Observatory Network shows a bright meteor streaking across the night’s sky in Hampshire and Wiltshire in the early hours of Thursday morning
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Hans Sues, chair of the department of paleobiology at the Smithosnian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., discusses the discovery of T rex ancestor
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The European Space Agency (ESA) launches unmanned probe in Kazakhstan on Monday, beginning the first stage of its ExoMars mission
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President Barack Obama has appeared alongside Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to vow to work together in the fight against climate change
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Indonesia experienced a total eclipse as the moon passed in front of the sun, while neighbouring countries including parts of Australia saw a partial eclipse. People gathered to watch the rare celestial event, using special glasses, welding masks and x-rays to shield their eyes from the sun
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First particle-beams of 2016 in Cern's Large Hadron Collider