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Older people without children at greater risk of isolation, poor health and inability to access formal care – report -
Prof Jennifer Doudna, one the pioneers of Crispr-Cas9 gene editing, explains how this revolutionary discovery enables precise changes to our DNA
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High levels of noxious substances found in soil and on balconies in west London
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Discovery in 71-year-old Jo Cameron may aid development of new pain relief treatments -
Amateur astronomer Ken Lawson says it took him eight years but he finally lined up the ‘perfect’ shot
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East Antarctica drilling project will give snapshot of Earth’s atmosphere and climate -
Police struggling with shifting meanings of youth dialect have enlisted slang translators -
Science Weekly podcast
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With almost half of British adults taking a daily vitamin, Graihagh Jackson and guests examine our love of supplements - including recent announcments about fortifying flour with folic acid -
Could a simple blood test catch cancer before symptoms appear? Nicola Davis goes beyond the hype and investigates the future of blood diagnostics and cancer -
Happy International Pi Day. To celebrate, Hannah Devlin is joined be mathematician and comedian Matt Parker to discuss maths anxiety and number crunching -
Nicola Davis and Jordan Erica Webber examine the repercussions of a male-orientated world – from drugs that don’t work for women to VR headsets that give them motion sickness
Key issues
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The Observer New Review offers you the chance to quiz the superstar physicist on time, space or anything in between
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The spandex-based controversy has been broiling in the west for years; and it’s not just men policing women’s bodies, women are doing it to themselves
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The bank is a huge backer of the fossil fuel industry and attendant climate catastrophe. Direct action is vital, says Momentum activist Seema Syeda -
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The solutions to today’s puzzles -
A celebration of the number that’s one more than ten -
The answers to today’s Jedi language puzzle -
A Jedi language puzzle
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With almost half of British adults taking a daily vitamin, Graihagh Jackson and guests examine our love of supplements - including recent announcments about fortifying flour with folic acid
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Wednesday night’s rare occurrence of a super worm moon coincided with the equinox. The name is a nod to the emergence of worms from the soil around the time of the March full moon -
A rare super worm moon will loom large as it coincides with the spring equinox.
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Memory does not work like a video tape – it is not stored like a file just waiting to be retrieved. Instead, memories are formed in networks across the brain and every time they are recalled they can be subtly changed. So if these memories are changeable, how much should we trust them?
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SpaceX's new crew capsule returned to Earth on Friday, ending its first test flight by splashing down successfully in the Atlantic Ocean
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In the second episode of Five Minute Masterminds, the author and broadcaster Timandra Harkness introduces big data, explaining how big it actually is, its impact on recent political elections and how it can change your life
An innocent drink Could ‘alcosynth’ provide all the joy of booze – without the dangers?