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IVF add-ons are a waste of money – fertility clinics should ban them

7 August 2019

IVF has brought joy for millions of childless people, but additional procedures touted to boost success rates add to nothing but the price, says Clare Wilson

The real history of electricity is more gripping than The Current War

26 July 2019

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Thomas Edison in The Current War, an epic tale about the fight to electrify 19th century America. But this odd film only hints at the truth of the battle of invention

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IVF add-ons are a waste of money – fertility clinics should ban them

The real history of electricity is more gripping than The Current War

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