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pregnancy and birth

Space

We are a long way from pregnancy being safe on Mars

Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren't exposed to on Earth, which makes the Red Planet a particularly dangerous place to be during pregnancy

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Environment

Why do we burn more coal and wood than ever, asks a provocative book

Culture

Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Humans

Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Features

Health

Neuroscientist finds her brain shrinks while taking birth control

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Macrophotograph of a huge Eastern hornet (orientalis Vespa) against a blue sky on a Sunny summer day

Life

Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on Earth

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A wild bottlenose dolphin having a health assessment

Life

Dolphins breathe in microplastics and it could be damaging their lungs

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Health

MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

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Health

Rapamycin could make an epilepsy drug much safer during pregnancy

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We need to start telling women how pregnancy changes their brain

Mind

We need to start telling women how pregnancy changes their brain

Comment

Health

Evidence grows for dramatic brain remodelling during pregnancy

A woman's brain was scanned throughout her pregnancy, adding to the growing body of evidence that dramatic remodelling takes place in preparation for motherhood

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Health

Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

Comment

Health

Why midlife is the perfect time to take control of your future health

Features

Health

A long-standing mystery about breastfeeding may have been solved

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Life

Blue whale mother caught feeding her calf on video for first time ever

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