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A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin

Life

A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin

Many scientists suspect life began with a molecule called RNA, but there has long been a big problem with this idea. Now there is a solution

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Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there's a fix

Earth

Fertiliser feeds us but trashes the climate – now there's a fix

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Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

Physics

Alan Turing inspired a faster way to make seawater drinkable

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lake

Earth

Acid bath: The new threat to lakes and rivers

Features

Making custom qubits by pushing together two individual atoms

Physics

Making custom qubits by pushing together two individual atoms

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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Technology

Novichok attack tests the world's chemical weapons treaty

Analysis

mould on slide

Life

Mould gets artistic to take particle decay photo to a new level

Regulars

Exclusive: Other countries could have made 'Russian' nerve agent

Health

Exclusive: Other countries could have made 'Russian' nerve agent

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Military personnel in protective clothing removes vehicles from a car park in Salisbury, Britain, 11 March 2017

Humans

The Novichok spy attack was brazen – it needs a tough response

Comment

Chemistry bots collude on Twitter to speed up their experiments

Technology

Chemistry bots collude on Twitter to speed up their experiments

Communicating on social media has allowed a pair of robots to conduct chemistry experiments together and get faster results

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Health

What are Novichok nerve agents and did Russia do it?

News

Physics

We can now squeeze a molecule and turn it into one that we want

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Earth

Green is the new black: Redesigning clothes to save the planet

Features

Space

Oceans on alien worlds may form when the air explodes in flames

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