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There is now a sixth taste – and it explains why we love carbs

Health

There is now a sixth taste – and it explains why we love carbs

Sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami – and “starchy”? It seems we can sense bread-like flavours associated with complex carbohydrates as a taste in their own right

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Zika vaccine trials begin – but fears remain over virus’s impact

Health

Zika vaccine trials begin – but fears remain over virus’s impact

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Health

Putting healthcare first can save festival drug users from harm

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Technology

Instagram posts can reveal depression before doctors diagnose it

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Human-animal chimeras may be key to us living healthier lives

Life

Human-animal chimeras may be key to us living healthier lives

Analysis

Lead in Australia's drinking water is leaching from brass taps

Earth

Lead in Australia's drinking water is leaching from brass taps

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First real-time look at genes switching off in live human brains

Health

First real-time look at genes switching off in live human brains

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Dog sperm quality decline is blamed on pet food chemicals

Life

Dog sperm quality decline is blamed on pet food chemicals

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Google firm hopes to control organs with electrical signals

Health

Google firm hopes to control organs with electrical signals

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Technology

Brain training game for troops tackles effects of combat trauma

The Israeli army has announced that by the end of the year its soldiers will play a game designed to prevent PTSD as part of their combat training

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Health

Should people who are not terminally ill have the right to die?

Insight

Health

Self-destructing bacteria are engineered to kill cancer cells

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Health

Thousands of fMRI brain studies in doubt due to software flaws

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Health

Mystery of 101-year-old master pianist who has dementia

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