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Life

Working hypothesis: From space deliveries to dirty money

Sorting the week’s supernovae from the absolute zeros

News

IQOS device

Health

Are heat-not-burn tobacco products a safer alternative to cigarettes?

Insight

Will genetic data inspire healthy lifestyle changes in Finland?

Health

Thousands of people in Finland to receive genetic health predictions

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As astronaut's helmet reflecting a spaceship

Health

Astronauts may have vision problems because of liquid in their brains

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Round and sickle shaped red blood cells

Health

Genetic variants may put some athletes at higher risk of sudden death

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13 Reasons Why

Health

Did Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why really increase suicide rates?

Analysis

Health workers dressed in Ebola protective suits carry a coffin

Health

Ebola outbreak in the DRC hits record number of cases in a single day

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DNA is easily edited using CRISPR

Health

Two molecules could give us finer control over CRISPR gene editing

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Staphylococcus aureus bacteria populate the cracked skin

Health

Eczema-associated bacteria may be kept in check by a different microbe

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Hormone therapy may improve some symptoms of autism

Health

Hormone therapy may improve some symptoms of autism

Two studies suggest that suppressing or boosting the hormone vasopressin may help communication skills and social interactions in autistic children and men

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Life

Working hypothesis: From slow ramblers to asteroid Ryugu

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Health

Newly recognised form of dementia could now be easier to diagnose

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Health

Sales of opioid painkiller codeine have halved in Australia

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Health

A bad sense of smell predicts early death but we don’t know why

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