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Scientist checking marijuana plants at a federal marijuana facility at the University of Mississippi

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DEA mellowing out on cannabis would make medical research easier

The US Drug Enforcement Agency is mulling its classification of marijuana and reviewing the science - something its tough laws have stymied

News

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Life

Lemur extinctions in Madagascar leave behind doomed orphan trees

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Records reveal gender-selective abortion taking place in Canada

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G. H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons) and Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) walk together, deep in conversation

Humans

The Man Who Knew Infinity fails to break the mathematical mould

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HIV defies attempt to edit virus out of human cells with CRISPR

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Life

Savagely malled: Why 'smart' cities aren't so smart

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Humans

Surfing Uncertainty: Do our dynamic brains predict the world?

CultureLab

A very pregnant lady

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Some stillbirths are avoidable if we know enough to act in time

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Technology

AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS

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Space

Feedback: Poppers burn a hole in the UK's blanket drugs ban

Plus quantum tape unravels, a knife for women, Neil deGrasse Tyson's painful tweets, airy promises from breathing guru, digital teeth, and more

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NHS England backtracks from rolling out HIV-prevention drug

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Embryo cells decide their future only two days after conception

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Investment in renewables was double that of coal and gas in 2015

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Earth

Should the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?

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