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Bottled water in a factory

Health

Bottled water is bad – but microplastics aren’t the reason

Microplastic particles may taint some bottled water, but the ecological cost of bottles is a better reason to turn on the tap instead

Analysis

A large outdoor screen on the side of a building showing predictions about UK election results in2017

Technology

Election polling accuracy has not improved since the 1940s

Analysis

23andMe's breast cancer test may create false sense of security

Health

23andMe's breast cancer test may create false sense of security

Analysis

Food in supermarket trolley

Health

England needs to go on a diet, but new calorie plan won’t work

Analysis

Blood test

Health

There may be five kinds of diabetes, not just types 1 and 2

Analysis

A family wrap up warm

Earth

Don't panic – homes in the UK won’t run out of gas for heating

Analysis

Donor registration screen

Health

Why the UK's new opt-out organ donation plan probably won't work

Analysis

Citymapper's new London bus

Technology

Why do firms like Uber and Citymapper keep reinventing buses?

Analysis

pills in a hand

Health

Almost every antidepressant headline you'll read today is wrong

Analysis

A woman using hairspray

Health

Shampoo is causing air pollution, but let’s not lose our heads

In Western cities, household products like deodorants and paints are a bigger source of air pollution than vehicle exhausts – so here’s what we need to do

Analysis

Health

We need to start taking vaping seriously as a way to save lives

Analysis

Space

Is Elon Musk's playboy space odyssey really the future we want?

Analysis

Health

Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

Analysis

Life

‘Speaking’ orca is further proof they shouldn’t be kept captive

Analysis