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The strange beauty of piles of waste awaiting a brand new life

Photos of recycling centres across Europe aim to put a positive spin on rubbish but also make people aware of how much they discard and encourage reuse

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A person asleep on a train with their head tipped back

Health

Top tips to get a better night’s sleep and improve your health

Features

An early embryo

Health

Most versatile stem cell ever may help us understand miscarriage

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Health

Wake-up call: How a lack of sleep can cause Alzheimer’s

Features

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Technology

Illuminating India: The genius of making a little go a long way

Culture

Heart in operating theatre

Health

Human hearts kept 'asleep' in a box can survive outside the body

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Culture picks: Read your way into (almost) any science subject

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Kuwait's plans for mandatory DNA database have been cancelled

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Anti-doping agency to ban all gene editing in sport from 2018

Health

Anti-doping agency to ban all gene editing in sport from 2018

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Mountain-climbers in snowy , foggy landscape

Health

Little-known drug keeps climbers’ minds sharp at high altitude

An obscure drug, oxiracetam, seems to boost the brain's blood supply and reduce cognitive deficits caused by altitude, according to a study at 4000 metres

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Health

Protein injection could prevent hair loss during chemotherapy

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Health

Side effects are worse when we think medication looks expensive

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Health

Your ‘risk intelligence’ decides how much of a daredevil you are

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Health

Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain

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