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women's health

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Life

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Northern fur seals mostly sleep with half their brain while they’re at sea, but sleep with all their brain while on land – unlike any other animal studied

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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

Earth

Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

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Someone holding a smartphone

Technology

Can an app tell if you have dementia years before your doctor?

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Health

Model Behaviour: How a sceptic was won over by life in the lab

Culture

It’s time we stopped dismissing women’s health problems

Health

It’s time we stopped dismissing women’s health problems

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A newborn baby being held by a doctor

Health

The cancer-fighting multi-organ: 9 ways the placenta is amazing

Features

Rice Farmer

Health

GM golden rice gets approval from food regulators in the US

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A fetus in the womb

Health

Faulty placenta may explain why some people get schizophrenia

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A brain implant

Health

Brain implant for OCD surprisingly helps alleviate diabetes too

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Food in shopping basket

Health

We can’t trick people into accepting genetically modified foods

With new GM foods quietly reaching the shops, we must ensure consumers have the information to make real choices

Leader

Technology

An AI can now tell how malnourished a child is just from a photo

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Earth

Salvaged plastics imitate bizarre and beautiful sea life

Regulars

Health

How tech bugs could be killing thousands in our hospitals

Features

Earth

Plastic waste is a problem – but some solutions are even worse

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