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Cannabis was domesticated in north-west China around 12,000 years ago

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Cannabis was domesticated in north-west China around 12,000 years ago

The cannabis plant originally had multiple uses, and farmers only started breeding distinct strains for drug or fibre production around 4000 years ago

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Caffeine

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Caffeine

trout

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Fish are becoming addicted to methamphetamines seeping into rivers

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Liver scan

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New form of liver dialysis could help people with failed organ recover

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Psoriasis drug could be used to help people stop drinking alcohol

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Psoriasis drug could be used to help people stop drinking alcohol

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Insight into early embryos could explain why some pregnancies fail

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Insight into early embryos could explain why some pregnancies fail

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Ear defenders

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Your ears give off alcohol and a test can reveal how much you've drunk

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Should we start testing drugs and vaccines in people who are pregnant?

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Should we start testing drugs and vaccines in people who are pregnant?

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hangovers

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How to cure a hangover: Science with Sam explains

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Science with Sam hangovers

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Science with Sam: How to cure a hangover

Hangovers are inconvenient and costly to society, but is there anything we can do about them?  We look at the science of hangovers and how best to avoid one.

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Environment

How courts and investors are forcing big oil companies to clean up

Analysis

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Alcohol

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Fracking

Humans

Ancient hominins may have needed midwives to help deliver babies

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