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Millions of us take drugs for high blood pressure – is it worth it?

Millions of us take drugs for high blood pressure – is it worth it?

13 May 2020

Hypertension affects one in four adults and is usually treated with medication, even though lifestyle changes can reduce blood pressure. Here's what you need to know


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Kelp is coming: How seaweed could prevent catastrophic climate change

13 May 2020

From providing a green alternative to plastics to reducing methane emissions and sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, seaweed could be the secret ingredient we need to clean up our planet


Can higher CO2 levels boost plant life enough to dent global warming?

Can higher CO2 levels boost plant life enough to dent global warming?

13 May 2020

Increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere may be boosting vegetation for now, but climate change is set to more than wipe out any gains, says James Wong


The focus on coronavirus is essential, but we can’t forget the climate

The focus on coronavirus is essential, but we can’t forget the climate

13 May 2020

The coronavirus pandemic may be the biggest crisis most of us have faced, but we can’t afford to tackle our crises one at a time and let politicians off the hook on climate change


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Top tips on dealing with lockdown from the Swiss government

13 May 2020

What happens when your AI turns on you, plus yodelling through the quarantine and video-calling an eel in Feedback’s weekly weird round-up


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New Scientist puzzle #59: Celebrate the differences

13 May 2020

Can you complete the diagram so that each of the nine circles contains a different digit from 1 to 9? Plus the solution to puzzle #58. Set by David Bodycombe


Twisteddoodles on getting used to the new normal

Twisteddoodles on getting used to the new normal

13 May 2020

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


Tom Gauld on when you need 7 tonnes of bananas for an experiment

Tom Gauld on when you need 7 tonnes of bananas for an experiment

13 May 2020

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon


We have seen hints of a new fundamental force of nature

We have seen hints of a new fundamental force of nature

13 May 2020

Multiple indications seem to be showing that something is manipulating the universe beyond the four basic forces we know – and we are starting to work out what it is


Coronavirus: Developing countries are ‘on a ledge with no safety net’

Coronavirus: Developing countries are ‘on a ledge with no safety net’

12 May 2020

David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, says the world's richest countries still have time to help protect the most fragile countries from the spread of covid-19


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