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A black and white ruffed lemur stares at the camera from a tree

Life

Lemur extinctions in Madagascar leave behind doomed orphan trees

Past extinctions have left tree species with no way to spread their seeds. If the island's critically endangered lemurs disappear, whole forests may follow

News

A pregnany woman having an ultrasound scan

Health

Records reveal gender-selective abortion taking place in Canada

News

G. H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons) and Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) walk together, deep in conversation

Humans

The Man Who Knew Infinity fails to break the mathematical mould

CultureLab

Cell infected with HIV. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of HIV particles (yellow) budding from the membrane of a host cell (red).

Health

HIV defies attempt to edit virus out of human cells with CRISPR

News

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Life

Savagely malled: Why 'smart' cities aren't so smart

CultureLab

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Humans

Surfing Uncertainty: Do our dynamic brains predict the world?

CultureLab

A very pregnant lady

Health

Some stillbirths are avoidable if we know enough to act in time

Comment

People using cellphones in Zambia

Technology

AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS

News

Big Ben poppers

Space

Feedback: Poppers burn a hole in the UK's blanket drugs ban

Regulars

Health

NHS England backtracks from rolling out HIV-prevention drug

Truvada can reduce the risk of people becoming infected with HIV but NHS England has shelved a planned consultation on the roll-out of the drug

News

Health

Embryo cells decide their future only two days after conception

News

Earth

Investment in renewables was double that of coal and gas in 2015

News

Earth

Should the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?

Comment

Humans

Eugenic America: How to exclude almost everyone

CultureLab