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Technology

Tiny generator uses the motion of molecules to produce electricity

Generating electricity from the movements of molecules in a fluid could one day power devices like tiny medical implants or household appliances

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Research into cannabis really only started in earnest two decades ago

Health

Why we know so little about cannabis – and why scientists are worried

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Health

Potential new medicine can target proteins on cancer cell surfaces

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Health

MDMA therapy for PTSD expected to get US approval after latest trial

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Men preparing the root and the leaves to be cooked together for the preparation of Ayahuasca tea. (Photo by: Giulio Paletta/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Ten Trips review: What tripping taught an academic about psychedelics

Culture

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Health

Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants

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Members of SafeStreetRebel, a group of anonymous anti-car activists, place a cone on a self-driving robotaxi to disable it in San Francisco, California on July 11, 2023. Members of SafeStreetRebel, a group of anonymous anti-car activists, have been actively calling for participants to help protest the spread of robotaxis for malfunctioning and blocking traffic. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

Our priorities are all wrong when it comes to new technologies

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Health

Drinking alcohol doesn't give people 'beer goggles' after all

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Health

Appetite for mind-altering substances is booming among US adults

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An MRI scan of a section through the chest and heart of someone who had a heart attack showing damage and swelling (yellow, centre)

Health

Cells from discarded placentas may help to treat heart attacks

After noticing that some heart problems resolve during pregnancy, researchers have shown cells in the placenta can turn into functioning heart cells in the lab

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Health

Binge drinking hits record high among adults 35 to 50 years old in US

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Health

Gene therapy delivered into the brain could treat alcohol misuse

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Health

Umbilical cord blood could be used to predict childhood obesity

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Environment

Could pumping CO2 under Canada's coast cause earthquakes?

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