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Technology

It's too soon to tell if robots help autistic children's social skills

A US study is the latest to suggest robots could help autistic children learn social skills. Unfortunately, it's far from proven

Analysis

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Health

Record measles outbreak in Europe reaches 41,000 cases

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Technology

Flint water crisis: How AI is finding thousands of hazardous pipes

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Technology

Nanobots can eat nerve agents and then spit out an antidote

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Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O

Health

Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O

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Health

Eating a low-carb diet may shorten your life – unless you go vegan too

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Health

Exposure to insecticide DDT linked to having a child with autism

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An opt-out organ donor system might actually lead to fewer transplants

Health

An opt-out organ donor system might actually lead to fewer transplants

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Life

No contraceptive is perfect, but can you trust apps to stop pregnancy?

Insight

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Life

Don't restrict women's contraception rights through moral panic

Failures of the contraception app Natural Cycles have been linked to abortions in Sweden. But critics should remember all contraception fails sometimes

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Space

Doctors will grow human tissue on the International Space Station

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Health

Sticking brain cells together with glue could boost and protect memory

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Health

There is no evidence that the weedkiller glyphosate causes cancer

Analysis

Life

Gluten-free dogs? Pets deserve better than this evidence-free fad

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