Health The medical cannabis debate is a chance to put science before dogma Neither extreme prohibition nor extreme liberalism is a sensible drugs policy – on medical cannabis and elsewhere, let’s see what the facts say News
Health Business students more likely to have a brain parasite spread by cats An analysis of students in the US has found that those who have a certain type of brain parasite are more likely to be majoring in business studies. Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite carried by cats. It can infect people through contact with cat faeces, poorly cooked meat, or contaminated water, and as many … News
Health Our buildings make this heatwave worse – here’s how to cool them down Many buildings in cool countries are poorly designed to cope with heat, and new homes and offices are even worse. Thousands will die if we don’t fix them News
Life Meet Bob the tame flamingo who has become a local superstar NO WONDER this child is clamouring to touch Bob the tame flamingo. He has become a local superstar on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, after injuring himself by flying into a window of the island's Hilton Hotel and collapsing unconscious by its swimming pool. Odette Doest, a local vet, treated Bob for concussion, and has … Regulars
Health Medical cannabis: What you really need to know The UK looks set to become the latest place to legalise medical cannabis. But with its use sweeping the world, many questions remain about what it does and how Features
Environment Explore nature’s dark side with the Natural History Museum Life in the Dark, a new show at London’s Natural History Museum, is a powerful and creepy exercise in letting go of the normal in nature. It’s also very beautiful… Culture
Life Time travel to Augusts past: cold cod, thawing mammoths, frozen nerves Old Scientist returns to topics we covered in 1961, 1981 and 1994 and finds that heatwaves were definitely not on the agenda Regulars
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