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A section of Michelangelo's 'The Flood' depicting a woman with suspected breast cancer

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Michelangelo's 'The Flood' seems to depict a woman with breast cancer

The Renaissance artist Michelangelo had carried out human dissections, which may have led him to include women with breast cancer in some of his pieces

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Macrophotograph of a huge Eastern hornet (orientalis Vespa) against a blue sky on a Sunny summer day

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Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on Earth

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A wild bottlenose dolphin having a health assessment

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Dolphins breathe in microplastics and it could be damaging their lungs

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Readers deserve better from popular science books

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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake

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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake

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MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

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AI discovers hundreds of ancient Nazca drawings in Peruvian desert

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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The best new science fiction books of September 2024

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The best new science fiction books of September 2024

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Arts and crafts seem to boost well-being more than employment

We already know that having a job can improve mental health, but findings suggest that creative hobbies can make life feel even more worthwhile

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Epic images show old mines transformed into a library, lab and museum

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Why midlife is the perfect time to take control of your future health

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A long-standing mystery about breastfeeding may have been solved

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Blue whale mother caught feeding her calf on video for first time ever

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