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The Year's Top 10 Science Stories, Chosen by Scientists
Billionaires in space, an end-date for deforestation, facing up to racial bias in healthcare - we asked scientists to share the most important developments of 2021.
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This week's newsletter highlights some of the summer stories that we'll be covering in the weeks ahead.
What Science Fiction Got Right and Wrong About the Babies of the Future
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