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Searching for life on Mars isn’t worth the risk to Earth

Space

Searching for life on Mars isn’t worth the risk to Earth

The Mars Sample Return mission aims to retrieve samples of Martian rock and soil to look for signs of life – but a rethink is needed to ensure Earth’s biosecurity, says Paul Marks

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The green transition will fail without more engineers

Environment

The green transition will fail without more engineers

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Hundreds of pro-cannabis demonstrators march in New York City

Society

Legalising marijuana hasn't been the quick fix the US hoped for

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Let's use AI to rethink education, instead of panicking about cheating

Technology

Let's use AI to rethink education, instead of panicking about cheating

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Let's stop making lab-grown meat weird

Technology

Let's stop making lab-grown meat weird

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HGM7GD Heavy-duty strong opioids, Hydrromorphone 12 mg, vial lid. Prescription only for managing severe pain, usually post surgery. Addiction risk. OD risk.

Health

The surprising ways cannabis can be part of drug addiction treatment

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Why we urgently need to end the stigma around body weight

Health

Why we urgently need to end the stigma around body weight

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Read an extract from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks

Humans

Read an extract from The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks

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Sebastian Faulks: ‘Homo sapiens is a very odd creature’

Humans

Sebastian Faulks: ‘Homo sapiens is a very odd creature’

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The rules protecting UK wildlife still allow horrifying practices

Environment

The rules protecting UK wildlife still allow horrifying practices

Wildlife management laws in the UK are riddled with indefensible exemptions and must change, says former UK deputy chief veterinary officer Alick Simmons

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Technology

AI is evolving for its own benefit, not ours

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Technology

Developing the 'sharenting' habit prenatally has consequences

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Environment

The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful

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Mathematics

How the history of maths is much more diverse than you think

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