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Health

An exclusive look inside the UK's legal medical cannabis farm

As the row over medical cannabis usage in the UK continues, Amy Fleming visits the only people in the country with a licence to grow marijuana

Insight

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Health

The death of 9-year-old girl may be a tipping point for air pollution

Insight

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Technology

Is it too late to stop fake-news bots from taking over the world?

Insight

GM protest

Life

It's ok that the public rejected GM food – after all, we did ask

Insight

farmland

Life

The second great battle for the future of our food is underway

Insight

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Health

The fading American dream may be behind rise in US suicides

Insight

spacewalk

Space

Team moon vs team Mars: the battle over the future of NASA

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Life

Vegan-friendly fashion is actually bad for the environment

Insight

Drug Testing Tent

Health

Party drugs are here to stay, but they don't have to be killers

Insight

Smear test

Health

Women aren't being told real risks of cervical cancer screening

Efforts to prevent cervical cancer seem so straightforward that few women question them, but unnecessary treatment can cause miscarriages and premature births

Insight

Technology

Those GDPR emails should stop soon, but our data nightmare won't

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Humans

Trump’s Iran U-turn could restart the global nuclear arms race

Insight

Earth

China is building a huge weather-control machine – will it work?

Insight

Earth

The real palm oil problem: it's not just in your food

Insight