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Life

Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies

Nature's designs are helping to build amazing new devices that link to the body and each other, reveals a fascinating book called Bioinspired Devices

Culture

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Health

I got DNA tested to see if I would pass on diseases to my kids

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We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

Health

We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

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A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

Health

Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

Analysis

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Health

The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

Features

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Health

Defence strategies: How immunology took its great leap forward

Culture

Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe

Earth

Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe

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Humans

Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age

Features

Wikie a killer whale, swims with her calf in Marineland aquatic park

Life

‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive

Analysis

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Health

Time for the UK to stop dithering and add folic acid to bread

With yet more evidence in favour of fortifying flour with folic acid to help avoid serious birth defects, it's time the government acted, says Geoffrey Webb

Comment

Earth

Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

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Technology

Powerful or powerless: The backdoor to our cyberfuture

Culture

Humans

A new book says the pace of genomic innovation is problematic

Culture

Life

What does China’s monkey breakthrough mean for human cloning?

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