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road sign with reindeer with a red nose

Health

Joke Christmas medical journal papers make unfunny bad science

Respected medical journal the BMJ has a long history of publishing silly papers at Christmas, but the joke is wearing thin - and actually harming science

Analysis

A walnut on a spoon

Health

Fasting may boost brainpower by giving neurons more energy

News

An older and younger woman in a kitchen

Health

Daughters of older mums are more likely to never have children

News

A member of military personnel with an eye injury

Health

Gruesome eyeball wounds patched up with squirt of smart glue

News

Space

60 Seconds

News

Health

Victoria is first state in Australia to legalise euthanasia

News

Brain scans of a normal brain (left) and the boy missing a visual cortex (right)

Health

A boy is missing the vision bit of his brain but can still see

News

Welcome to the limb lab where organs are kept alive on shelves

Health

Welcome to the limb lab where organs are kept alive on shelves

News

A woman jumping in the air

Health

Artificial ovary may fine-tune treatment for menopause symptoms

News

robofish

Technology

Robofish floats about tracking antibiotics in the Great Lakes

A robotic fish is going to use sensors to monitor the levels of anibiotics in Michigan's Great Lakes region

News

Health

Focus on liberty and purity may change anti-vax parents’ minds

News

Health

Why it's good that NHS England is cutting back on prescriptions

Analysis

Health

Why the internet's CiCo calorie count diet won't keep weight off

Comment

Health

Podcast: Are we heading towards a male fertility disaster?

Features