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No.3145
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leaders
Life extension may prove to be a double-edged sword
NEWS
UPFRONT
Thousands of Puerto Ricans evacuated as dam threatens to breach
Hurricane Maria confirms dire warnings for 2017 hurricane season
Hundreds of UK women are seeking illegal abortions online
Uber loses its licence to operate in London
Kidney donors swap organs for transplant vouchers for loved ones
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid
Health body warns many UK areas have high Lyme disease risk
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NEWS & TECHNOLOGY
Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state
New Zealand’s iconic kiwi birds may be losing their sight
A cheap pollution sensor will keep you off the dirtiest roads
Blockchain-like ID may mean end of paper birth certificates
Super-Earths draw asteroids to other worlds, which may seed life
See-through brains reveal how stroke damages vital blood vessels
Huge space rocks could have helped start Earth’s plate tectonics
Editing ‘bad’ gluten out of wheat makes it safer for coeliacs
Genetically-modified wheat used to make coeliac-friendly bread
Plan to save Great Barrier Reef from encroaching farm pollution
Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions
Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us
AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings
IN BRIEF
Two-colour pixels let you draw pair of images in the same space
Star nicknamed Kronos after eating its own planetary children
Dinosaurs that seemed veggie also ate the odd bit of shellfish
3D-printed alloys could lead to lighter planes that fly further
Old fathers pass on more mutations to kids than old mothers
Robots can hitch-hike on sharks thanks to ultrastrong sucker
Walking to work or doing the vacuuming can extend your life
There is no way to spot big earthquakes ahead of time
ANALYSIS
EU plan to erase digital borders will further isolate Brexit UK
Another lost tribe feared massacred – how can we save the rest?
Drone pilots deserve medals even without risking their lives
Why court ruling on ending life support is the right decision
APERTURE
Backyard critters get celeb treatment with glam photo shoots
FEATURES
The brain’s 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness
Fighting fakery: How to make products immune to counterfeiting
Exclusive: Inside the clinic offering young blood to cure ageing
PEOPLE
The fossil finder extraordinaire who’s rewriting human evolution
CULTURE
Why do we have such a close relationship with animals?
Rocket man: Willy Ley’s fervour helped put men on the moon
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Supersonic car project aims to carry kids to a scientific future
It takes 30 seconds for your fingerprint to grip your smartphone
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