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drugs and alcohol

How I got addicted to painkillers

Health

How I got addicted to painkillers

As the UK government calls for urgent action to help people hooked on prescription drugs, Cathryn Kemp explains what it is like to find yourself addicted to painkillers

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bottle with pills spilling out

Health

Addiction to prescription drugs is UK 'public health disaster'

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Iceland drills hottest hole to tap into energy of molten magma

Earth

Iceland drills hottest hole to tap into energy of molten magma

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An e-reader screen the size of a Post-it note with a white border stands on a desk

Technology

E-paper display runs on office lights and never needs charging

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art installation

Humans

An enormous shape-shifting artwork – run by yeast

Culture

Capuchin monkey hits stone with stone

Life

Some of our Stone Age tools may just be crafty monkey throwaways

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Golden oldies: The pudgy dad hypothesis and why older men matter

Humans

Golden oldies: The pudgy dad hypothesis and why older men matter

Culture

Randy Hillard, pictured on a street in San Francisco

Health

The price of my life: $1.6 million and counting

Features

price tag

Health

What are you worth? How we calculate the value of a life

Features

Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

Life

Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

Tim Laman, named this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, used ropes and GoPro cameras to take a shot of an endangered ape climbing a tall tree for food

Regulars

Health

Anti-inflammatory drugs can relieve symptoms of depression

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Health

Overweight mothers give birth to biologically older babies

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Life

Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them

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Health

Home abortions are safe – we should let women do it themselves

Analysis

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