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Health

A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay

A mouse study suggests marijuana may have the opposite effect on older people than it has on the young, boosting learning and memory instead of impairing it

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Is coal really on its way out?

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UK government subsidises coal sector with £356 million a year

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Health

Immune war with donor cells after transplant may wipe out HIV

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Earth

Cutting through the smog: Is pollution getting worse?

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Cutting through the smog: How air pollution shortens your life

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Cutting through the smog: How air pollution shortens your life

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A woman wearing a face mask to filter out polluted air

Earth

Cutting through the smog: 5 ways to slash your pollution intake

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Cutting through the smog: What to do to fight air pollution

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Cutting through the smog: What to do to fight air pollution

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Models of the skulls of human ancestors

Life

Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

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A chimp holding a leaf, possibly drinking from it

Life

Chimps pass on sponge drinking trick like a family tradition

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A diagram of a plastic bag system for keeping extremly premature infants alive

Health

Artificial womb helps premature lamb fetuses grow for 4 weeks

A fluid-filled plastic bag can help extremely premature lambs to develop and grow – and will be used to support premature babies in three years’ time

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Zika outbreak may have led to fewer births in Rio de Janeiro

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Life

Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

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How pregnancy could affect an elite athlete like Serena Williams

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Life

Drone spots humpback whales and orcas moving in on cloud of fish

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