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women's health

Lady refusing a glass of wine

Health

Let’s all heed the health benefits of a month without alcohol

Drinkers in particular need to be more aware of mounting evidence of links between alcohol and cancer, and make judgements accordingly

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plastic bags

Earth

Fixing planet plastic: How we'll really solve our waste problem

Features

Driving past a lorry

Humans

Let’s hear it for psychology, a better than average science

Leader

Self-repairing organs could save your life in a heartbeat

Health

Self-repairing organs could save your life in a heartbeat

Features

Hope for herpes vaccine after it wipes out virus in monkeys

Health

Hope for herpes vaccine after it wipes out virus in monkeys

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Technology

Evading death and mind-uploading: The ambition of transhumanism

Culture

Chess board

Humans

Superhuman: What human extremes mean for today and tomorrow

Culture

Lady painting

Health

Creative people are 90 per cent more likely to get schizophrenia

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People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

Humans

People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

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First US death due to romaine lettuce as E. coli outbreak widens

Health

First US death due to romaine lettuce as E. coli outbreak widens

The contaminated romaine lettuce that has spread illness across 25 states is now responsible for one death, and the source of the E. coli outbreak is still unknown

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Life

High times: The Victorian doctor who promoted medical marijuana

Features

Technology

Brexit and Trump votes screwed with our heart rates for months

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Health

Mediterranean diet delays Alzheimer's for three extra years

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Technology

This mind-reading hearing aid knows who you're listening to

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