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diet and exercise

A pile of batteries

Technology

Paper batteries use electron-harvesting bacteria to make electricity

Many small devices require batteries, but they can be expensive and environmentally unfriendly. Paper batteries powered by bacteria may be the solution

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Yuval Noah Harari: Why the reluctant guru is upsetting scientists

Technology

Yuval Noah Harari: Why the reluctant guru is upsetting scientists

Culture

A plate of grilled vegetables

Health

Eating a low-carb diet may shorten your life – unless you go vegan too

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smartphone app

Life

No contraceptive is perfect, but can you trust apps to stop pregnancy?

Insight

contraception

Life

Don't restrict women's contraception rights through moral panic

Leader

Silhouette of a person lifting up their cat

Life

Gluten-free dogs? Pets deserve better than this evidence-free fad

Comment

Inducing labour at 39 weeks leads to fewer emergency Caesareans

Health

Inducing labour at 39 weeks leads to fewer emergency Caesareans

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whales

Life

Spying on whales: The shocking truth about humans and whales

Culture

pharmacy

Health

The medical cannabis debate is a chance to put science before dogma

Leader

walking on digits

Technology

There's no escaping the internet, says artist James Bridle

In New Dark Age, James Bridle expends no little shoe leather mapping the current walls of our eerie futuristic home, in the real and the virtual realm

Culture

Health

One drink a day might be enough to stop dementia by flushing the brain

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Health

Women have more miscarriages than live births over their lifetime

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Humans

The complex and unfolding story of heredity shows genes’ true place

Culture

Technology

Fossil-free Dutch vehicles line up for a cool future

Culture

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