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Aiming to decipher the types and properties of every cell, the project will attempt to work out exactly what we are made from and how illness develops
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Research suggests that picky eating and a refusal to try new foods are heavily influenced by a child’s genetic makeup
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Jade-inlaid teeth and inscribed tibia unearthed in Holmul ruins of Guatemala hint at influence and power of Mayan dynasty known for snakehead emblem
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Some find spiders and their hairy legs terrifying. But research has shown those hairs are so sensitive they can detect human speech from several metres away
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From the launch of Asgardia to the disovery that spiders can hear, not to mention the unearthing of two ancient Mayan tombs, it’s been a rather varied week
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How universal is fun with physics? Does a long running German physics show work in China?
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Political science Why policy needs philosophers as much as it needs science
Adam Briggle and Robert Frodeman
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Schiaparelli is the first European Space Agency probe in nearly 15 years to try to make contact with the red planet
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Two taikonauts will set off to dock with Tiangong 2 space laboratory as part of bid to create permanent presence in orbit
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SpaceSpaceESA Mars probe Schiaparelli detaches from mothership for descentSchiaparelli is the first European Space Agency probe in nearly 15 years to try to make contact with the red planet
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BiologyBiologyLéo Grasset: ‘The way we teach science is definitely too simplified’With 400,000 YouTube subscribers and his first book on the way, French evolutionary biologist Léo Grasset talks about research, failure – and teaching people to think
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GeneticsGeneticsIs your child a fussy eater? The reason could be in their genesResearch suggests that picky eating and a refusal to try new foods are heavily influenced by a child’s genetic makeup
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Medical researchMedical researchSeeking the link between pain and rainWeatherwatch “I know it’s going to rain because my joints ache” – is there any scientific evidence for the age-old complaint?
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PsychologyPsychologyThe conundrum of mind and matter: what is consciousness?It’s one of the greatest puzzles scientists struggle to define. Susan Greenfield explains why understanding consciouness remains elusive
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PhysicsPhysicsIrina Rakobolskaya obituaryMember of the all-female Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment of the Red Army known as the ‘night witches’ who went on to become a professor of physics
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With 400,000 YouTube subscribers and his first book on the way, French evolutionary biologist Léo Grasset talks about research, failure – and teaching people to think
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Like millions of parents, I struggled with the unpredictable dietary choices of children. It is a comfort to know that genetics might explain it.
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Are your coworkers rude? Careful – it's catching
Jean Hannah EdelsteinIncivility can go viral in the workplace, researchers have found. Here’s how to protect yourself -
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A collection of zoological wonders from September 2016, featuring gambling wolves, friendly tits and happy bees
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One of the three British 2016 Nobel prize winners Duncan Haldane has called his win a gratifying recognition.
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A member of the Nobel committee attempts to explain what topology is using a cinnamon bun, a bagel and a pretzel
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Cameras outside the International Space Station capture images of Hurricane Matthew as it makes it way towards Jamaica and Haiti
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Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi speaks on Monday after being awarded the Nobel prize in medicine for his discoveries on how the body’s cells detoxify and repair themselves
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Footage captures the the moment spacecraft controllers recognise the loss of Rosetta’s signal
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The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission is about to come to a dramatic end. This week it will be set on a collision course with comet 67P to end the mission
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All eyes on the red planet as ESA's lander prepares to hurtle towards Mars