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30 January 2016

Issue 3058

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Yet again we have been blindsided by an emerging virus

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Yet again we have been blindsided by an emerging virus

HIV, Ebola, SARS and now Zika – public health responses to viral threats need to improve before the next one hits

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Prime number with 22 million digits is the biggest ever found

Prime number with 22 million digits is the biggest ever found

It's time for a new prime to shine. The largest known prime number is now 2 74,207,281 - 1, smashing the previous record by nearly 5 million digits. This mathematical monster was discovered by Curtis Cooper at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg as part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a …

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Crisis in antibiotic resistance could be slowed by blood test

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This is what life is like in the smoggiest place on Earth

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Venus flytrap can count prey’s steps to dissolve them alive

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How Planet Nine may have been exiled to solar system's edge

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Smart clothes adapt so you are always the right temperature

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First warm-blooded lizards switch on mystery heat source at will

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UK will need to act faster when inevitable next Ebola emerges

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Galaxy-mapping Gaia space telescope gets an eye test from Pluto

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Scenic sat-nav will take you on the prettiest route

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El Niño means glaciers in the Andes are melting at record rates

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Glowing 4D-printed flowers could pave way for replacement organs

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Will creating monkeys with autism-like symptoms be any use?

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Future delivery drones start learning how to fly on their own

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US east coast snowstorms linked to slowdown of Atlantic current

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Watch brainy zoo animals figure out a box puzzle to get at food

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Did Zika’s recent mutations let it explode as a global threat?

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How to save Flint in Michigan from lead-poisoned drinking water

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Devil’s Hole pupfish might be reincarnated even if it died out

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Wearable sweat sensor shows how hydrated you are during workouts

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Artificial intelligence could make lawyers more risk averse

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AI landmark as Googlebot beats top human at ancient game of Go

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The rise of Zika

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Fake meteors could probe mysterious layers of upper atmosphere

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Overactive brain pruning in teens could cause schizophrenia

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A black hole's edge will burn you up if you try to escape

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Screen everyone for depression? Good intention, very bad idea

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Screen everyone for depression? Good intention, very bad idea

Routinely checking US adults for depression will create an army of pseudo-patients while the really sick are shamefully neglected, says Allen Frances

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You're not hallucinating, MPs really did pass crazy bad drug law

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I'm capturing spider sense in nanowires to make artificial skin

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Staring into the heart of an artificial tree

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Staring into the heart of an artificial tree

SEATTLE artist John Grade makes much of his ecological credentials when discussing Middle Fork – his 500,000-piece wooden sculpture of a 150-year-old giant hemlock. No trees were felled or harmed in its making, he says, although someone must once have fashioned the timber bridge from which the thumb-sized blocks of cedar were reclaimed. Grade's project …

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Who do you think you are? 4 rules can help you know yourself

You don’t know yourself as well as you think. But there are some clever ways to understand your true nature better and how others perceive you

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Shock of the Anthropocene: Winners and losers in new world era

Earth is entering a time when humans are a major geological force. A new book says we must all help manage this new world – and not let technocrats run the show

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Gaming theatre could spark a playful interest in science

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Lumiere: London’s brightest – and lightest – arts festival

Lumiere: London’s brightest – and lightest – arts festival

Giant luminescent fish stole London's latest light show It is no small feat to drag tens of thousands of people out of their homes and pubs on the coldest weekend of the last few months just to stare at illuminated walls. I’ve never been to a football match, but clambering out of London’s Oxford Street underground …

After Pluto: Alan Stern’s cosmic ambitions won’t be dwarfed

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