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Peter Diamonds and Bob Hariri

Life

Frozen placentas could be the ticket to a long and healthy life

Placentas are usually discarded, yet they are packed full of stem cells. Now Bob Hariri and XPrize founder Peter Diamandis aim to harness their potential

Features

Oysters

Health

Seafood-lovers have more sex and take less time to get pregnant

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A person eating

Health

Men more likely to get diabetes if they have overweight wives

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foods

Life

There’s a new kind of superfood – and it’s not what you think

Features

Eye

Health

Minimally conscious people woken with brain zap by their family

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pink pineapple

Life

Pink pineapples and healthy fries: The new GM foods made for you

Features

Micrograph of sperm

Health

Changes in your sperm reveal if you’ve had a difficult life

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Smoke rises out of a chimney

Earth

Why the UK’s plan to tackle air pollution is mostly hot air

Analysis

Young friends can expose you to important microbes

Health

Babies should mix with other children to lower leukaemia risk

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Doctors examine medical images

Health

How Theresa May’s plan for an AI-powered NHS could go very wrong

Trials of artificial intelligence show it can spot diseases that doctors miss – but rolling the tech out across the UK might prove more difficult

Analysis

Health

Blood from umbilical cord may help fix your brain after a stroke

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Technology

An AI can now tell how malnourished a child is just from a photo

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Health

Can a repeat of disastrous Ebola epidemic be averted this time?

Analysis

Health

The US isn't fertile enough to sustain itself without immigrants

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