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Technology

Don't rely on draconian controls to keep your kids safer online

Concerns about use of social media by children and teens are multiplying. But is heavy-handed intervention the solution, wonders Paul Marks

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Life

To help heal the Korean peninsula try scientific cooperation too

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A brain shape drawn on a petri dish held by a gloved hand

Life

Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield

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Mike Pence, US vice president (left) and Jim Bridenstine

Space

What to expect from the controversial new choice as NASA boss

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The famous hockey stick graph

Earth

Why the hockey stick graph will always be climate science's icon

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Greenland

Earth

Why climate engineers are targeting Earth's last pristine spots

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Health

Mavericks are belittling statins – here’s why they’re wrong

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Technology

Big tech can digitally erase us – do we need new protections?

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An IRS 1040 form, US Individual Income Tax Return

Humans

Dear IRS, why can't we have a simpler way to do our taxes?

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC,, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees, Washington DC, USA - 10 Apr 2018

Technology

Don’t blame academics like me for Facebook’s privacy crisis

Mark Zuckerberg wonders what is going on at Cambridge University – I can tell him, but he won’t like what privacy researchers have found, says Ross Anderson

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Technology

Zuckerberg survived Washington – here’s what’s next for Facebook

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Life

Science fans have many reasons to take to the streets again

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Technology

Zuckerberg vs US Congress – here's how he can address data fears

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Technology

Killer AI boycott row shows there is research we can’t accept

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