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drugs and alcohol

Can chemistry replicate the flavour of vintage whisky overnight?

Technology

Can chemistry replicate the flavour of vintage whisky overnight?

The finest whiskies are left to mature, sometimes for decades, but several companies claim to be creating similarly delicious drams in the lab in just a few hours. We put one to the test

Features

An Orca or Killer Whale (orcinus orca)

Definition

Orcas (Orcinus orca)

Why people enjoy alcohol or are teetotal may come down to a hormone

Health

Why people enjoy alcohol or are teetotal may come down to a hormone

Features

Gardnerella vaginalis bacteria

Health

Vaginal bacteria may eat HIV prevention drugs and leave women at risk

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Orcas swimming in New Zealand

Life

Orca deaths found to be a result of human activity

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Bottlenose dolphins may control their heart rates to avoid the bends

Life

Bottlenose dolphins may control their heart rates to avoid the bends

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fungus

Health

Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals

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cooling towers

Environment

China’s 2060 net-zero goal needs large-scale negative emissions tech

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Lawyers and protestors

Health

Record $8 billion payout won’t turn back the clock on US opioid crisis

Analysis

beer in supermarket

Health

Minimum alcohol pricing could reduce alcohol-linked deaths in Canada

Introducing minimum prices for alcoholic drinks would reduce alcohol-related hospital stays and deaths in Quebec, Canada, a study predicts

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Health

The paleo diet may make your biological age older than your real age

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Technology

Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

Features

Humans

Hope Frozen review: The hard ethics of cryogenically freezing a child

Culture

Technology

Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

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