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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

4 January 2018

The imminent first flight of Elon Musk's giant new rocket could mark a spectacular start to a new era in space flight, says Paul Marks
US ambulance

Shocking drop in life expectancy shows US still in bad health

21 December 2017

Amid a glut of drug overdoses, gun deaths and suicide, shorter lives and poorer health are becoming the new norm in the US. It's alarming, says Laudan Aron

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