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Life

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

We don’t need complicated technologies to make our cities tick, argue two new books – we need citizens

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

News

Human embryo at the 4 cell stage

Health

Embryo cells decide their future only two days after conception

News

A worker looks at giant wind turbine parts

Earth

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

News

A new power plant is planned for Hinkley in Somerset

Earth

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

Comment

eugenics

Humans

Eugenic America: How to exclude almost everyone

Thousands of "unfit" people were forcibly sterilised in the US in the 20th century. Two new books show just how much rigour we need to avoid modern eugenics

CultureLab

Humans

Racism, photography and DNA: can we right past wrongs?

CultureLab

Life

On the trail of some of the world's rarest monkeys

News

Earth

Energy-related CO₂ emissions held steady despite economic growth

News

Life

The enigmatic whale we can hear – but have never seen

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