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Two people meditate facing each other

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Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain

Just like physical exercise, the kind of improvements you get with meditation depend on exactly how you train

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Transmission electron microscopy of Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a DNA virus with a long incubation period, that is transmitted through bodily fluids and affects the liver.

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We’re nearly ready to use CRISPR to target far more diseases

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Life extension may prove to be a double-edged sword

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Kidney donors swap organs for transplant vouchers for loved ones

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Kidney donors swap organs for transplant vouchers for loved ones

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Walking to work or doing the vacuuming can extend your life

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Walking to work or doing the vacuuming can extend your life

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Using new study to back high-fat, low-carb diets is flawed logic

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Using new study to back high-fat, low-carb diets is flawed logic

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Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

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Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

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Graphic design can save your life – here’s how

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Graphic design can save your life – here’s how

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Air pollution changes what bugs colonise our airways

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Air pollution changes what bugs colonise our airways

Higher levels of pollutants in the air correlate with reduced diversity of bacteria in our nose, hinting at a possible mechanism for why pollution causes disease

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Eating more salt might save your life? Not so much

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Shoe sensor will protect your back from heavy lifting

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Rat brains seen replaying scary memories as they sleep

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Worrying we are ill when we aren't is not as bad as it seems

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