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Abigail Beall

This pill lets you eat as much fat as you want and gain no weight

A computer model could help save sharks and whales from extinction

The story of human evolution has just been rewritten (again)

Your broadband cables can be used to detect earthquakes

Behold the awesome beauty of Chile's gigantic telescopes

As Brexit looms, it's clear the tech to solve the Irish border problem is either untested or imaginary

In China, Alibaba’s data-hungry AI is controlling (and watching) cities

How China can help London fix its air pollution crisis. No, seriously

DeepMind has trained an AI to unlock the mysteries of your brain

Astronauts are getting high-tech vests to protect against radiation

Everyone’s favourite psychology theory isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Bad results from drug trials no longer have a place to hide

Flogging the ISS to private companies will be a tough sell

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy will blast off tomorrow in Musk's most ambitious launch yet

If Elon Musk is to colonise Mars, he’ll need to recruit a crew of genetically-modified humans

Space mining is going to seriously disrupt Earth's economy. And we're nowhere near ready for the shock

China's bold proposal to zap space junk from Earth's orbit with lasers

Einstein’s decades old theory is finally helping us to weigh stars

2018 looks set to be another massive year for space exploration

All the biggest and best space discoveries of 2017