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May's force be with her

Will new UK prime minister Theresa May's penchant for scientifically impossible laws put her in good stead for Brexit?

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Health

I help repurpose everyday drugs like aspirin to fight cancer

Features

Optimism over cancer treatments should always be cautious

Health

Optimism over cancer treatments should always be cautious

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Person empties out bottle of the painkiller OxyContin

Health

US could be set to tackle opioid painkiller epidemic at last

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Next PM Theresa May often demands the scientifically impossible

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Founders of Western civilisation were prehistoric dope dealers

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Founders of Western civilisation were prehistoric dope dealers

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Health

Antidepressants on trial: Are they a wonder or a danger?

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Health

Antidepressant drug use in England has doubled in a decade

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A tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider

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Huge newfound deposit of helium will keep MRI scanners running

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Two pictures of a beetle side by side showing the difference between images taken with left-handed and right-handed light. The beetle is bright in the left ahnd image and dark in the right hand image

Technology

Nano-camera lens reveals the hidden mirror world of molecules

Left- or right-handedness can be the difference between a medicine or poison. A camera lens made with nanotechnology may shed light on such mirror image molecules

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WADA report shows tricks Russian athletes use to skip drug tests

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Microbubbles open brain's barrier to make chemo more effective

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Orlando massacre prompts call to ease gay blood donor rules

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If antidepressants don't work well, why are they so popular?

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