Science
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Patient in Brazil who had been born without uterus gives birth to baby girl -
Colour-changing fluid reveals likelihood of whether patient’s DNA contains cancerous cells
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The discoveries were made at a 19th century burial site at New Covent Garden market -
The letter, written in 1954 by the physicist, calls the Bible ‘a collection of primitive legends’ -
Researchers say similar protein to royalactin in humans builds up ‘self-renewal’ stem cells -
Archaeologists say man who died 500 years ago may have been a mudlark or fisherman
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Australian researchers have a new way to increase desire in the northern corroboree frog -
Clinical trials of pig organs in humans could begin in as little as three years, say researchers -
Key issues
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Missive that calls the Bible ‘a collection of primitive legends’ was expected to fetch only half that much
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The humanities subjects do not benefit from the research excellence framework. They need a better system -
Editorial: A Chinese scientist has produced twins using the powerful gene-editing technology. This is pointless, dangerous and unethical -
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The solution to today’s puzzle -
The skins they live in -
The solutions to today’s puzzles -
Shine your inner light bulb on these geometrical gems
Multimedia
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Tim Peake beat 8,172 applicants for a spot on the European Space Agency’s astronaut training programme. Ian Sample talks to him about the selection process and the intensive training he went through -
Tim Peake beat more than 8,000 applicants to the job. Here, he shares some images of the training he underwent, as seen in his new hardback, The Astronaut Selection Test Book -
Flight controllers at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California react to the successful landing of InSight, a spacecraft designed to explore Mars's interior
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A plane with no moving parts in its propulsion system has successfully flown for a distance of 60 metres, proving that heavier-than-air flight is possible without jets or propellers
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Two decades ago, the Zarya module lifted off from Kazakhstan, ushering in a new era of high-tech cooperation in space -
Using high-resolution aerial photography from satellites and planes to mirror the phenomenon from which the project derives its name – the overview effect: the sensation experienced by astronauts when viewing Earth from space
Biology The Guardian view on editing human DNA: a bad idea, and badly executed