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Worrying we are ill when we aren't is not as bad as it seems

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Worrying we are ill when we aren't is not as bad as it seems

Extreme health anxiety can be crippling but a lot of today's internet-fuelled "cyberchondria" doesn't need formal psychological treatment, says Zara Aziz

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person inhaling a balloon in front of houses of parliament

Health

UK's bad drug law flounders, which is no real surprise at all

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Lorry heads up road past sign saying

Technology

A surveillance state is no fix for Brexit's Irish border issue

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a finger presses a delete button

Technology

You could finally control your Facebook data if UK law is passed

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Amber Rudd

Technology

You’re wrong, Amber Rudd – encryption is for ‘real people’

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electric car charging station

Health

UK ban on polluting cars by 2040 is just a cynical smokescreen

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Man holding cod

Life

Now North Sea cod is sustainable, is it really ok to eat?

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The JET device

Health

Brexiteers must not risk UK’s nuclear future by leaving Euratom

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Pipette over small vials of blue liquid

Health

Should cash-strapped NHS pay for unproven gene sequencing?

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Someone wearing a fox head mask in protest at the idea of bringing back fox hunting

Life

UK foxes thankfully spared the baying pack, unlike Theresa May

One good outcome of the hung parliament chaos will be a Queen's speech devoid of an utterly unscientific vow to resume fox-hunting, says Stephen Harris

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Humans

To steal an advantage in the Brexit talks try a Superman pose

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Earth

Science and climate face uncertain future in post-election UK

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Humans

Feeling uncertain? It's the new normal in Theresa May's Britain

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Five things you need to know about DUP politicians and science

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