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Critical Mass: Can humans be modified to live in space?
The exploration of genetic modification for space travel raises ethical questions about altering human biology
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The moral dilemmas of embryo models
The UK’s regulator, HFEA, is having to grapple with the scientific, ethical and even philosophical challenges associated with synthetic embryo research
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Critical Mass.. on Imane Khelif
The furore surrounding the Algerian boxer, who may have Swyer syndrome, highlights complex issues around gender and sport
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Can we ‘turn off’ ageing?
Tech billionaires want to reverse ageing – and even cheat death. But scientist Venki Ramakrishnan says they are chasing a mirage
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Critical Mass.. on pandemics
The Covid inquiry report has exposed the systemic failures in the UK’s pandemic response
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Critical Mass.. on science
In TNE’s new column, science writer Philip Ball provides news and analysis from scientists, policymakers and the frontiers of human knowledge
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Here comes a paradigm shift
American philosopher Thomas Kuhn's controversial thinking turned normal science on its head
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The bumblebee conundrum
Why do some people believe bees shouldn’t be able to fly? For the same reason others believe in Nessie or that climate change is a hoax
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The dreamer who looked to the stars
The German-American science writer had an ability to straddle effortlessly the worlds of advanced engineering and mass popular culture
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Cern’s 21st-century dream machine
The enormous Future Circular Collider is set to replace the Large Hadron Collider by the end of the century. But do we really need it?
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ADHD enhanced my life, does science now agree?
A new study has found the disorder may be advantageous. After all, society would be far duller without us
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Everyday Philosophy: What’s the matter with mess?
If Albert Einstein didn’t need a tidy desk, should we?
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The Italians won’t take earthquakes seriously
The country's citizens have always been fatalists but now it's getting out of hand
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Everyday Philosophy: Aliens, miracles and jumping to conclusions
We lack conclusive evidence about aliens, but this won't deter the believers
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We’re back in Horizon. Now, what EU programme should we rejoin next?
A step-by-step approach will help the economy, let Brexit wounds heal and move Britain closer to a full rejoin
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Rejoining Horizon is a correction, not a triumph
Brexiteer Rishi Sunak should get no credit for this Brexit-inflicted farce
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Is there trouble on the Horizon for Sunak?
The Tory right won’t be happy with rejoining the EU’s science fund, or extra immigration via a new deal with India
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Weird science: Sunak’s Horizon posturing puts his sole key achievement so far at risk
Brexiteers are back on the attack over the Windsor Framework
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Is the Large Hadron Collider stuck?
Europe’s great scientific
experiment may not be hitting the headlines, but its work to explain the universe goes on