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I have a 100 per cent chance of getting cancer due to a rare gene

A rare variant of a gene called TP53 means Tracy Hutchinson has an extreme risk of developing cancer anywhere in her body, causing endless anxiety and requiring regular whole-body MRIs and other screening

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Technology

Can video games help us better understand quantum mechanics?

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Human brain. Digitally enhanced 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a normal human brain. An eyeball is shown at lower left (blue).

Mind

Neuroscience can't tell us the way to govern people's brains

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Life

Screwworm could be the first species targeted by an 'extinction drive'

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Mind

‘Fusogenic’ neurosurgery let paralysed pigs walk again – are we next?

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Health

Can prebiotics, probiotics or postbiotics help your ageing microbiome?

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Technology

Technology is changing our perspective on nature – at every scale

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Space

We may have finally solved cosmology's chicken-or-the-egg problem

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Technology

Killer robots are here – we must finally decide whether to accept them

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Mind

How to sparkle in conversation with strangers

In the face of loneliness, many people are turning to AI chatbots for companionship – but research shows it can’t replace human connection. Columnist David Robson explores how beneficial it can be to talk to strangers, with evidence-based tips on how to get the conversation flowing

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Health

Why controversial ideas in science shouldn't always be dismissed

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Space

A cosmic case of mistaken identity that can only be solved right now

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Physics

Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally

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Technology

You don't need to worry about recursive-self-improving AI – yet

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