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A person eating

Health

Men more likely to get diabetes if they have overweight wives

In heterosexual relationships, only men are more likely to get diabetes when their partner has a high BMI – perhaps because of gender roles in the home

News

Eye

Health

Minimally conscious people woken with brain zap by their family

News

pink pineapple

Life

Pink pineapples and healthy fries: The new GM foods made for you

Features

foods

Life

There’s a new kind of superfood – and it’s not what you think

Features

Micrograph of sperm

Health

Changes in your sperm reveal if you’ve had a difficult life

News

Smoke rises out of a chimney

Earth

Why the UK’s plan to tackle air pollution is mostly hot air

Analysis

Young friends can expose you to important microbes

Health

Babies should mix with other children to lower leukaemia risk

News

Doctors examine medical images

Health

How Theresa May’s plan for an AI-powered NHS could go very wrong

Analysis

An umbillical cord

Health

Blood from umbilical cord may help fix your brain after a stroke

News

An AI can now tell how malnourished a child is just from a photo

Technology

An AI can now tell how malnourished a child is just from a photo

A company in Kenya has devised a system that uses artificial intelligence to detect a child’s level of malnutrition from a photo, without bulky equipment or examinations

News

Health

Can a repeat of disastrous Ebola epidemic be averted this time?

Analysis

Health

The US isn't fertile enough to sustain itself without immigrants

News

Health

Let’s all heed the health benefits of a month without alcohol

Leader

Health

How tech bugs could be killing thousands in our hospitals

Features