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Press Handout picture: ANCIENT ANAESTHETIC REVEALS THE SOPHISTICATED MEDICINE OF MING CHINA ? Microscopic analysis uncovers traces of anaesthetic on surgical instruments from an early Ming dynasty tomb. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZMcIfEltnmkddbPrcQk66zqZijuvsQhC Photograph shows: The sampled instruments and the residues analysed on each one.

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Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb

Residues on medical equipment reveal that physicians in China over 600 years ago used aconitine, a highly toxic plant chemical, to alleviate pain during surgical procedures

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Space

Mars astronauts may do laundry by blasting clothes with a plasma beam

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Technology

The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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Health

Red-light therapy does have health benefits but not the ones you think

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Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award

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Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award

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Mind

What to read this week: The 21st Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow

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Physics

We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?

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Technology

Meta and YouTube fined $3 million for harming mental health

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Technology

Social media is a defective product

Two lawsuits are being brought against giant tech firms for the dangers their apps pose to young people. Columnist Annalee Newitz says the outcome of those cases could dramatically change social media for the better

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The best new popular science books of March 2026

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Health

Rapamycin can add years to your life, or none at all – it’s a lottery

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How Ukraine became a drone factory and invented the future of war

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Health

Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels

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