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Why 'health' is not fit for purpose

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Why 'health' is not fit for purpose

The idea of health has become too much of a sacred cow to challenge. Time to slaughter the beast, say Jonathan M. Metzl and Anna Kirkland

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Why space is the impossible frontier

Space

Why space is the impossible frontier

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Why I set up an inventors' championship

Technology

Why I set up an inventors' championship

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Professional climate change deniers' crusade continues

Earth

Professional climate change deniers' crusade continues

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Bisphenol A is everywhere – is it safe?

Health

Bisphenol A is everywhere – is it safe?

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When big pharma breaks the law, prosecute the CEO

Health

When big pharma breaks the law, prosecute the CEO

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Tea Party luring US into adventures in irrationality

Tea Party luring US into adventures in irrationality

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Stuxnet: the online front line

Technology

Stuxnet: the online front line

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Life

Should psychoanalysis be in the Science Museum?

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Reports of miracle drugs are no substitute for trials

Life

Reports of miracle drugs are no substitute for trials

How did a collection of case reports lead to an untested drug being administered all over the world to people with serious bleeding, asks Ian Roberts

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Technology

'Off-grid' cellphone towers could save lives

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Earth

Your role in wildlife crime

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Life

Hawking hasn't changed his mind about God

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Health

What can deliver snakebite medicine where it's needed?

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