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Billy Caldwell and his mother

Health

Time to end the cruel ban on using cannabis therapy for epilepsy

Ill-conceived and outdated drug laws in the UK are denying children with severe epilepsy vital medicinal cannabis treatments. That must change, says David Nutt

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Prisoners eating

Health

Is research in jails the way to end wars over dietary guidance?

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Artist's impression of the Swansea tidal power project, showing a walkway around the periphery

Earth

Why tidal power won't solve the world's renewable energy needs

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Stop the reckless video-assisted refereeing experiment now

Life

Stop the reckless video-assisted refereeing experiment now

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Donald Trump talking to North Korean politician Kim Yong-chol

Humans

Trump v Kim: The mind games that led to the Korea summit

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Richard Branson

Space

Why Richard Branson's promises about space tourism are empty

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Shipping containers on Chinese ship

Humans

What can game theory tell us about Trump's threats of trade war?

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detox speled out in vegetables

Health

There's no such thing as a 'detox' – so let's ban the word

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Mars cartoon

Life

We need to grab some rocks from Mars – let's just get on with it

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Silhoutted person looking at stars

Space

I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

It's time to find a new way to speak across the stars, says Douglas Vakoch, head of METI, the body dedicated to messaging possible alien civilisations

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Health

How a change in tactics could help autism research

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Earth

Someone is wrecking the ozone layer again. They must be stopped

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Health

Keep the facts front and centre in Ireland's abortion debate

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Technology

Your social media data is out there, just waiting to be leaked

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