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Health

Blindness treatment will insert algae gene into people's eyes

Optogenetic techniques that use light to control nerve cells are being tried in people at last – and could lead to treatments for several types of blindness

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Finland to trial nasal spray as gambling addiction treatment

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Fight continues over whether sex addiction is a real thing

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Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

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Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

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It’s up to us if powerful AI embodies our virtues or our vices

Humans

It’s up to us if powerful AI embodies our virtues or our vices

Culture

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Health

2018 preview: Bioelectricity tweak can regenerate missing limbs

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Podcast: Are we heading towards a male fertility disaster?

Health

Podcast: Are we heading towards a male fertility disaster?

Features

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Two UK cities hit by measles outbreaks as vaccination rates drop

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Putting a face on hallucinations aids symptoms of schizophrenia

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Putting a face on hallucinations aids symptoms of schizophrenia

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Morning sickness in pregnancy blamed on protein in the placenta

Health

Morning sickness in pregnancy blamed on protein in the placenta

High levels of the protein have been linked with nausea in pregnant women – a discovery that might lead to new anti-sickness drugs

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Magnetic cells could fix a broken heart after a heart attack

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Earth

Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050

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Watch this soft robot squeeze a damaged heart to keep it pumping

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Health

Another psychedelic revolution, but this time it's different

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