Return of hypnosis: Time to see if it really has a place in medicine
6 November 2019
Signs are growing that hypnosis, once the preserve of charlatans, has real medical benefits. We need robust research to find out for sure
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A quarter of all pigs have died this year due to African swine fever
5 November 2019
The hunt is on for a vaccine for African swine fever, after a quarter of the world's domestic pigs have died this year, including half of all the pigs in China
Authorities do little to halt severe air pollution in northern India
4 November 2019
Levels of tiny particulate pollution, PM2.5, spiked in the Indian capital Delhi this weekend, at more than ten times the safety limit
Cosmological crisis: We don't know if the universe is round or flat
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An analysis of data from the Planck space observatory suggests the universe is spherical, which would be a major headache for cosmologists
Australian government to be sued over firefighting foam contamination
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Up to 40,000 residents of towns contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foams are set to sue the Australian government, amid cancer risk fears
UK government rings death knell for the fracking industry
4 November 2019
The sharp reversal of support ends nearly a decade of protests, court cases and minor earthquakes without any energy being produced
We've finally figured out what happens when a star explodes
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Explosions normally require a build-up of pressure, so how can they occur in the vacuum of space when a star goes supernova? Now we have the answer
Measles has a devastating and long-term effect on your immune system
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Measles makes children vulnerable to other infections and now we know why – it wipes a large part of the immune system's memory of other pathogens
A type of brainwave may help clean your brain while you sleep
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Slow waves of electrical activity through your brain may help rinse away its waste products while you sleep. The process seems to go awry in Alzheimer's disease
Genetic studies have missed important gene variants in African people
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A study looking at gene variants in Uganda found dozens that have never been recorded, including genes associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
