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Do new Alzheimer's drugs signal the end of the condition?

Antibody treatments that target amyloid plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer's have shown promise in trials, but questions about their side effects and practicality remain

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A scanning electron micrograph of cancer cells in the intestine

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Cancer mystery as cases rise among younger people around the world

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A protest outside the White House, Washington DC, in September 2022 urging government action for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long covid and other infection-associated chronic conditions

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We’re starting to understand how viruses trigger chronic conditions

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Technology

How AI chatbots in search engines will completely change the internet

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Environment

Why rivers are important for everything from biodiversity to wellbeing

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Health

The covid-19 virus gets into the brain – what does it do there?

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CarbFix CO2 injection site

Technology

The green tech that could help Iceland become carbon neutral by 2040

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A child sitting in a hospital bed

Health

Why are children catching so many illnesses this winter?

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Technology

How will AIs that generate videos from text transform media online?

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Humans

What will a population of 8 billion people mean for us and the planet?

The United Nations has declared that the world's population will pass 8 billion people on 15 November. Our growing numbers have a variety of implications, from health to the environment

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Environment

Can Europe cut its electricity consumption enough to avoid blackouts?

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Technology

How much water do data centres use? Most tech companies won't say

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Health

There are thousands more UK deaths than usual and we don’t know why

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Society

Activist groups are making it harder to access abortions in the UK

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