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WHO to decide whether MERS is global health emergency
A meeting on the threat from the MERS coronavirus has been called under a procedure used only once before ? for the swine flu pandemic in 2009

Tick tick boom, the Earth spits out a moon
Did a nuclear time bomb deep inside the young Earth tear the planet apart? The evidence could be staring down at us every night, says Stuart Clark

First baby born after full genetic screening of embryos
New IVF tool that screens entire genome of embryos could increase the number of successful pregnancies, but will it usher in an era of designer babies?

What do we fix first ? environment or economy?
A slew of books, ebooks, pamphlets and journals are tackling the crucial relationship between environmental crisis and financial meltdown. By Fred Pearce

In this echo-free room you can hear your heartbeat
Resembling a surreal futuristic city, this anechoic chamber plays a vital role in making sure that satellites deliver accurate environmental data

Ethnic background influences immune response to TB
A clear contrast in immune response to TB between groups of African and Eurasian descent indicates that drug trials should take ethnicity into account

Martyr myth: Inside the minds of suicide bombers
Portraying suicide bombers as psychologically normal is wrong and plays into the hands of their leaders, says criminal-justice researcher Adam Lankford

Does banning prostitution make women safer?
Most of what we think we know about sex trafficking is wrong, says Laura Agust?n, who has spent 20 years investigating the sex industry

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