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The infection that affects half of women and its link to antibiotic resistance
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A black hole awakens and why some people avoid Covid: the week in science
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What are the main UK parties promising on climate and is it enough?
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Are cold and wet UK summers here to stay?
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Jun 13, 202415:08pending
Slaughter-free sausages: is lab-grown meat the future?
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Golden rice: why has it been banned and what happens now?
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Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer: ‘The clock is ticking but the world will teach us...
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Election risks, safety summits and Scarlett Johansson: the week in AI
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Concrete without CO2: can our biggest building material go green?
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In their prime: how trillions of cicadas pop up right on time
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AI, algorithms and apps: can dating be boiled down to a science?
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May 16, 202416:46pending
Backstabbing, bluffing and playing dead: has AI learned to deceive?
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May 14, 202415:29pending
How much protein is too much?
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May 9, 202415:17pending
Why are the world’s cities sinking?
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May 7, 202416:19pending
The extraordinary promise of personalised cancer vaccines
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The stream of plastic pollution: could a global treaty help us turn off the tap?
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Apr 30, 202415:56pending
From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic?
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Apr 25, 202415:05pending
Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity?
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Apr 23, 202420:05pending
Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead?
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Apr 18, 202416:41pending
Soundscape ecology: a window into a disappearing world
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Apr 16, 202416:16pending
The senior Swiss women who went to court over climate change, and won
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Apr 11, 202415:30pending
Remembering physicist Peter Higgs
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Apr 10, 202417:05pending
Horny tortoises and solar mysteries: what scientists can learn from a total ecli...
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The science of ‘weird shit’: why we believe in fate, ghosts and conspiracy theor...
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Apr 4, 202418:33pending
Hypermobility: a blessing or a curse?
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The virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS
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Mar 28, 202415:35pending
What could a severe solar storm do to Earth, and are we prepared?
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Mar 26, 202414:38pending
Havana syndrome: will we ever understand what happened?
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Mar 21, 202416:12pending
Should forests have rights?
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Mar 19, 202416:37pending
A waterworld with a boiling ocean and the end of dark matter? The week in scienc...
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Mar 14, 202419:09pending
Why do we lose our hair as we age, and what can we do about it? – podcast
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Mar 12, 202417:55pending
What’s behind the rapid rise of cancer in the under-50s?
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Mar 7, 202414:08pending
Classic older child? What the science says about birth order and personality
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Mar 5, 202416:34pending
The Guardian’s new podcast series about AI: Black Box – prologue
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Mar 2, 202414:36pending
The debilitating impact of tinnitus, and how a new app could help
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Feb 29, 202419:03pending
How green are electric cars?
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Feb 27, 202416:24pending
Mistakes, fakes, and a giant rat penis: why are so many science papers being ret...
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Feb 22, 202419:26pending
Nitazenes and xylazine: what’s behind the rise of dangerous synthetic drugs?
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Feb 20, 202416:32pending
What apes can tell us about the origins of teasing
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Feb 15, 202414:37pending
Retinol, acids and serums for kids? A dermatologist’s guide to age appropriate s...
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Feb 13, 202414:38pending
Why are we still waiting for a male contraceptive pill?
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Feb 8, 202416:07pending
What happens now bird flu has reached the Antarctic?
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Feb 6, 202413:39pending
A fasting prime minister and a mind-reading billionaire: the week in science
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Feb 1, 202416:35pending
Secrets of the microbiome: the skin
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Jan 30, 202415:36pending
Secrets of the microbiome: the vagina
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Jan 25, 202415:33pending
Secrets of the microbiome: the gut
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Jan 23, 202421:29pending
How to stop doomscrolling and reclaim your brain
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Is guilt-free flying on the horizon?
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Jan 16, 202417:22pending
Our science predictions for 2024
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