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  1. Fighting Poverty with Data

    Machine learning algorithms measure and target poverty

  2. Nerve Recovery in Brain Machine Interface Patients

    Paraplegic patients using robotic legs and training on a BMI showed some nerve recovery

  3. Sun-tracking Sunflowers

    How do sunflowers know when the sun comes up?

  4. Drug Abuse in Athletes

    Detecting drug abuse in athletes

  5. Smashing into the Moon

    Space ballistics explain one of the Moon鈥檚 huge craters

  6. Wildfires

    Wildfires 鈥� what can science tell us about them?

  7. Juno Arrives

    Nasa鈥檚 Juno Probe arrives at Jupiter

  8. Juno Space Mission Approaches Jupiter

    Nasa鈥檚 Juno mission arrives at Jupiter on 4th July

  9. Oldest Antarctic Ice Found

    Million year old ice found under metre-thick debris layer in Antarctica

  10. Gravitational Waves

    New discovery of gravitational waves

  11. Fast Storage of CO2 in Volcanic Rock

    Volcanic rock converts carbon dioxide quickly, effectively locking away greenhouse gas.

  12. The Peppered Moth Mutation

    The peppered moth's dark secret revealed

  13. Gene Barcoding

    Tracking individual cells from early embryo to adult

  14. Health Advice for Gay Men When Homosexuality is Illegal

    Getting health information to gay men in countries where homosexuality is illegal

  15. Genetics and Educational Attainment

    A small but possibly significant link between genetics and educational attainment

  16. Human Embryos

    Scientists can keep human embryos alive for longer - should they?

  17. Chernobyl

    Thirty years since Chernobyl's nuclear accident, its impacts on human health

  18. Why Birds Survived Dinosaur Extinction

    Beaks rather than teeth could be the reason why birds survived dinosaur extinction

  19. Stephen Hawking鈥檚 Tiny Spaceship

    Why a microchip-sized spacecraft might open up other worlds for human exploration

  20. Ketamine - an Essential Anaesthetic and a Party Drug

    Controlling access to ketamine could have dire consequences for surgery in Africa

  21. Mini Meter to Measure Gravity

    Small cheap gravity gadget will peer underground

  22. The Simplest Synthetic Life Form Yet?

    Scientists design and build a microbe containing a 鈥渕inimal鈥� number of genes

  23. Elephant Anti-Poaching Patrol

    Hunting elephant poachers in Democratic Republic of Congo

  24. Gain of Function

    Gain of Function: is some science just too dangerous?

  25. Oldest Known Land Fossil

    'Humble little fungus' is oldest known land fossil

  26. Sex of Organs

    What sex are internal organs?

  27. The Medical Scandal Engulfing Top Swedish University

    The 鈥淢acchiarini Affair鈥� which involved ground-breaking surgery with artificial windpipes

  28. Gravitational Waves Detected

    Gravitational waves detected 鈥� scientists prove Einstein right after 100 years

  29. The Essential Guide to Zika

    The latest science about Zika; its impact on mothers and how science can help

  30. Baroness Shields Mounts a Fight Against Online Abuse

    Britain鈥檚 Baroness Shields and the tools to fight terrorism online

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