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The campaign against alcohol abuse deserves two cheers

After years of public health messaging alcohol consumption is falling – now we need a sober assessment of how much further to push it

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Good hydrations: Is there a safe level of alcohol?

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Generation clean: Why many young adults choose to stay sober

Features

Buckland with big fish

Life

Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric

Culture

Platanista gangetica gangetica river dolphin

Life

Rare river dolphins get trapped in fishing nets as waters drop

News

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Humans

Language trends run in mysterious 14-year cycles

News

Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

Life

Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

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Hurt blocker: To treat chronic pain, look to the brain not body

Features

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Earth

Finland set to become first country to ban coal use for energy

News

harbour porpoises swim underwater

Life

Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match

The discovery suggests all cetaceans can do this, and provides a new clue to how noise pollution may trigger strandings

News

Technology

Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s The Tempest a messy triumph

Culture

Life

Flying machines and chickens: The art of thinking about science

Culture

Space

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

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Technology

Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity

News

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