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Synthetic biology may finally be ready to solve life's biggest mystery

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to SpudCell, the most sophisticated attempt at creating an artificial life form yet

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This thoughtful book will make you look at the wonders of trees anew

Aya Koda's Tree is an account of the late writer's visits to Japan's most famous, and ancient, trees. Featured in Wim Wenders's film Perfect Days, it is original and thought-provoking, says Rowan Hooper

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Salt batteries are about to shake up EVs and grid storage

Today, most rechargeable batteries are made from lithium ions, but sodium-ion alternatives could make battery tech much cheaper and offer other advantages

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Injection halves risk of chromosome error common in older human eggs

Egg cells missing a key protein may be more likely to end up with the wrong number of chromosomes, but an mRNA injection that helps the cells make the protein reduces the problem

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Do we owe our existence to weird ‘virtual’ particles?

When considering what makes up a human body, a physicist drills down beyond the atomic level. Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores the not-exactly-real particles that allow the stuff we’re made of to hang together

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Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthca

Pair pictured ‘laughing and singing’ at Welsh seaside town’s Saltwater Inn, for post-funeral scene in film by British film-maker Jamie AdamsQuentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue have been spotted in Welsh seaside town Porthcawl as they film a new movie for prolific British film-mak

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‘I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget’: Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘

‘Maybe they just didn’t believe in me,’ the pop star said of Universal, which was set to make a film about her life starring Julia GarnerMadonna says that the long-gestating movie about her life that she was personally overseeing was cancelled after she fell out with Hollywood st

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UK’s museums and galleries left vulnerable to cyber-attack and theft, MPs warn

Report by Commons committee says government has failed to make concrete changes after recent security failuresBritain’s museums and galleries are being left vulnerable to thefts and cyber-attacks that could put priceless collections at risk, MPs have warned.A report by the public

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‘I carry the pain of the world’: Oscar-winning singer Camille on her tumultuous triple alb

She has won acclaim and countless awards for her body-tapping, raspberry-blowing music. Now she has spent 15 years making her boldest work yet – an epic about birth, infancy and adolescenceIt took Camille 15 years to make her new album. The Sound of Milk is a triple record, each

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From The West Wing to Blackadder: the best fictional prime ministers on TV

The UK sure loves speculation about prime ministers. So here’s some more! But who makes the finest – Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Jane Horrocks or Alan B’Stard?As the UK gets ready to have its seventh prime minister in 10 years, how long before a revolving door is installed at 10

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‘Our characters like to be naughty’: the makers of the Nirvanna mockumentary on illegal sk

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s (non-Cobain affiliated) movie feels like Jackass via Back to the Future. They talk about how the supreme silliness was stressful to film, and how times have changed since their ‘tasteless’ 2007 web seriesIf there is ever a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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‘Delivery jobs are not for the weak!’ How British singer Kwn went from Amazon driver to gl

After being dropped by her label, the vocalist became a courier to make ends meet. Now she’s back – with millions of fans of her pheromone-rich songwritingKwn has never been one to turn her nose up at a job. She has worked night shifts at Sainsbury’s and chopped vegetables with h

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