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United States

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Health

Doctors of America, you are free to counsel patients about guns

Let's bury the gun lobby myth that US medical professionals aren't allowed to discuss firearms risks with those they treat, say Marian Betz and Megan Ranney

Comment

A woman reading a medical advice leaflet

Life

High antidepressant use could lead to UK public health disaster

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Sean Parker

Humans

Silicon Valley cash is flooding into science – but is it useful?

Insight

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Life

United States of extinction: Threat to America’s iconic animals

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A US weather forecaster standing in front of a weather map

Earth

Climate change has been kind to Americans - but it won't last

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Humans

EU is good for UK science but hampers GM and clinical trials

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Older man smoking and drinking in a pub

Health

Dementia incidence for over 65s has fallen drastically in UK men

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A sandcastle with Union Jack in it and a bucket and spade near by on the beach

Earth

Brexit might lead to weaker environmental rules, says report

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Space

Space station turf war is coming – who will own low Earth orbit?

Insight

New Scientist checking marijuana plants at a federal marijuana facility at the University of Mississippi

Health

DEA mellowing out on cannabis would make medical research easier

The US Drug Enforcement Agency is mulling its classification of marijuana and reviewing the science - something its tough laws have stymied

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Space

Feedback: Poppers burn a hole in the UK's blanket drugs ban

Regulars

Life

Human versus pig: Can we outwit the hog hordes?

Features

Life

Common UK migrating birds are arriving earlier or leaving later

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Earth

UK's wildlife gets far more attention than tropical hotspots

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