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Shocking drop in life expectancy shows US still in bad health

Amid a glut of drug overdoses, gun deaths and suicide, shorter lives and poorer health are becoming the new norm in the US. It's alarming, says Laudan Aron

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Life

Grapes of wrath: How a New World import destroyed French wine

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2018 preview: Gene therapy treats disease while in the womb

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Technology

People without electricity could end up living the energy dream

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Humans

The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

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2018 preview: Opioids will kill tens of thousands more people

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Physics

Exploring the universe – and how we found our place in it

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The body’s killer immune cells also feed fetuses in the womb

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Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low

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Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low

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Exclusive: Most premature baby ever to survive born at 22 weeks

A baby born more than four months before her due date has been revealed as the youngest premature baby ever to survive. The girl is now a healthy 5-year-old

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Antisense therapy promises to slow Huntington’s disease

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Fentanyl considered for execution cocktail by two US states

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Earth

Faltering carbon capture needs more investment not doubt

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Earth

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

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