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Health

Genomic medicine is deeply biased towards white people

Lack of diversity in genome studies means that treatments derived from them are leaving people of colour behind. Changing that isn’t only about justice – it could also lead to new therapies that would otherwise go undiscovered

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Technology

We're running out of lithium for batteries – can we use salt instead?

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Humans

Parental burnout is on the rise, says psychologist Moira Mikolajczak

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Physics

The superconductor breakthrough that could mean an energy revolution

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Technology

CRISPR gene-editing urgently needs an off-switch – now we have one

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Humans

We’ve got intelligence all wrong – and that’s endangering our future

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Health

Five reasons the covid-19 pandemic has been such a nightmare

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Technology

Plants that suck metals from the soil can be farmed to make our tech

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Health

Low-carb diets: An easy way to lose weight or recipe for heart attack?

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Space

Everything we know about the universe – and a few things we don't

How big is the universe? What shape is it? How fast is it expanding? And when will it end? We answer these questions and more in our essential guide to the current state of cosmological knowledge

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Technology

Demis Hassabis interview: Our AI will unlock secrets of how life works

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Health

The other superbugs: Killer fungi are the threat we need to act on now

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Technology

Dr Dolittle machines: How AI is helping us talk to the animals

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Life

Scat scans: How lasers are teasing secrets from ancient poo

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