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Novichok poisoning: How could it happen again in Salisbury?

Health

Novichok poisoning: How could it happen again in Salisbury?

Health officials have said the risk to the public is low after a couple in Wiltshire have been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok

News

Health

NHS England considers plans to cut some surgeries

News

GM protest

Life

It's ok that the public rejected GM food – after all, we did ask

Insight

farmland

Life

The second great battle for the future of our food is underway

Insight

cave

Earth

Globetrotting film sends scientists on "relay race" of inquiry

Culture

Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too

Mind

Yoga and meditation work better if you have a brain zap too

Features

Will the UK’s plans to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’ succeed?

Health

Will the UK’s plans to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’ succeed?

Analysis

march for the NHS

Health

How to use the £20bn NHS birthday gift: an alternative wish list

Comment

A doctor

Health

Cash and competition make doctors prescribe fewer antibiotics

News

DNA reveals Romans helped spread TB across three continents

Humans

DNA reveals Romans helped spread TB across three continents

The Romans gave us roads, public toilets and the modern calendar, but we may also have them to thank for spreading a deadly disease: tuberculosis

News

Health

Thai rescue: How to help the boys survive months in a cave

News

Health

First attempt to get CRISPR gene editing working in sperm

News

Health

Injecting new heart cells improves recovery from heart attacks

News

Health

Artificial ovary could help women conceive after chemotherapy

News