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What is the placebo effect?

Definition

The placebo effect

The placebo effect is a mysterious phenomenon that happens when someone’s medical symptoms are lessened through the power of suggestion and expectation.
Metabolism myths: 7 things we get wrong about diet and exercise

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Metabolism myths: 7 things we get wrong about diet and exercise

Features

whales

Life

Whales and dolphins can resist cancer and their DNA reveals why

News

chimpanzee

Life

Chimpanzees seem to 'speak' in sentences of three or more calls

News

Don't Miss: Netflix's Tribes of Europa, a German near-future sci-fi

Humans

Don't Miss: Netflix's Tribes of Europa, a German near-future sci-fi

Culture

vampire bat

Life

Vampire bat adopts orphan baby bat after untimely death of its mother

News

Jamie Dornan (left) and Anthony Mackie (right)

Mind

Synchronic review: A genuinely hair-raising time travel thriller

Culture

vineyard

Technology

Chemical signature of Malbec wines backs up concept of ‘terroir’

News

orangutan

Life

Orangutans create new ways to communicate with each other in captivity

News

A hydrogen fuel revolution is coming – here's why we might not want it

Technology

A hydrogen fuel revolution is coming – here's why we might not want it

Hydrogen is widely touted as a green fuel for everything from cars and planes to heating homes. But all too often it has a dirty secret

Features

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Coronavirus vaccine: What should you do if pregnant or breastfeeding?

Analysis

Environment

US cities under-report carbon emissions by 18 per cent on average

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African nations lead the world in offering PrEP HIV prevention drug

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Human placentas are full of mutated cells dumped by the embryo

News

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