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Faulty placenta may explain why some people get schizophrenia

A poorly-working placenta may affect brain development in the womb, and this could explain the link between pregnancy complications and schizophrenia

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Brain implant for OCD surprisingly helps alleviate diabetes too

News

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We can’t trick people into accepting genetically modified foods

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An AI can now tell how malnourished a child is just from a photo

Technology

An AI can now tell how malnourished a child is just from a photo

News

Whale swimming past plastic

Earth

Plastic waste is a problem – but some solutions are even worse

Leader

Plastic in Space

Earth

Salvaged plastics imitate bizarre and beautiful sea life

Regulars

How tech bugs could be killing thousands in our hospitals

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How tech bugs could be killing thousands in our hospitals

Features

Lady refusing a glass of wine

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Let’s all heed the health benefits of a month without alcohol

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plastic bags

Earth

Fixing planet plastic: How we'll really solve our waste problem

Features

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Humans

Let’s hear it for psychology, a better than average science

It’s often derided as a pseudoscience, but every once in a while experimental psychology delivers a result that changes the way we think about ourselves

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Self-repairing organs could save your life in a heartbeat

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Hope for herpes vaccine after it wipes out virus in monkeys

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Technology

Evading death and mind-uploading: The ambition of transhumanism

Culture

Humans

Superhuman: What human extremes mean for today and tomorrow

Culture

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