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Life

No, the UK didn't vote that animals can't feel pain or emotion

Campaigners say a recent UK vote will deny sentience to animals, but the reality is rather different. The real issue is what happens to animal welfare post-Brexit

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Health

Gene drives can beat pests, but we can’t afford any mistakes

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Variegated green crop circles covering what was once shortgrass prairie in southwestern Kansas

Earth

If we only ate organic it would be an environmental disaster

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A pot of medical cannabis on a table

Health

Medical cannabis vendors must stop making bogus health claims

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Humans

Time for change: Let's end the arcane practice of daylight saving time

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Humans

UK’s plan to tackle ‘crack cocaine’ of gambling lacks evidence

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Earth

Ban on weedkiller glyphosate won't save anyone from cancer

Analysis

Woman tells off child

Health

Scotland has banned smacking children - so should everyone else

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Humans

Trump’s U-turn may see Iran join North Korea as a nuclear state

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Harvey Weinstein

Health

Sex addiction isn’t an illness, treating it as one is a bad idea

Harvey Weinstein is being treated for sex addiction, but many health professionals say it isn't a real illness and addiction-style therapy doesn't help

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Technology

Will Alphabet's internet balloons really help Puerto Rico?

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Technology

We can’t ever know whether or not our universe is a simulation

Analysis

Health

The US will not ban guns so must learn how to live with them

Analysis

Earth

Mexico City quake: A few seconds' warning can still save lives

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