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drugs and alcohol

IVF

Health

Multiple births, not heart disease, is biggest IVF health risk

“IVF children born face a potential health time bomb”, screamed the papers last week. Although the claims can’t be dismissed entirely, there is no reason for panic

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Children shadow playground

Health

Premature birth: How its effects can stay with you for life

Features

praying mantis

Life

Cheats and Deceits: The story of how to stay alive

CultureLab

New Scientist Default Image

Life

Effects of being born prematurely shouldn't have to last forever

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hydrogen car

Earth

Test-driving the hydrogen car that makes a little go a long way

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vaccine antibiotic resistance

Health

Use vaccines as a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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Zika virus is carried by mosquitoes

Life

Whole Zika genome recovered from brain of baby with microcephaly

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Humans

The End of Average tells us why we should discard a mean idea

CultureLab

Paul Stamets

Life

The mushroom man who wants the world to take fungi seriously

Opinion

sun energy

Space

Space solar: The global race to tap the sun's energy from orbit

Solar panels in orbit could generate round-the-clock green energy and beam it down to Earth. Has the time for this epic feat of engineering come round at last?

Features

Life

A Crude Look at the Whole: Complexity is still outsmarting us

CultureLab

Humans

NeuroLogic: The enthralling story of the unconscious mind

CultureLab

Health

'Ditch booze' advice to sexually active US women is step too far

Comment

Health

Tiny doses of opioid could be first fast anti-suicide drug

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