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Shock therapy to make a comeback as evidence grows that it works
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We must understand electroshock therapy’s unwanted side effects
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Life
Life may have emerged not once, but many times on Earth
Features
Humans
How winning at cards can help you win at life
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Environment
No-fly zone: Exploring the uncharted layers of our atmosphere
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Physics
President Per贸n, I’ll give you fusion in a bottle
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Newborn baby opioid addiction quadruples in US in 15 years
The CDC reports an average of 6 addicted babies are now born per 1000 hospital births, and this rate is as high as 33 babies per 1000 in West Virginia
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Environment
Decline of wild bee species in England linked to pesticide use
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Physics
China launches world’s first quantum communications satellite
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Physics
NASA urged to rejoin the hunt for gravitational waves
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Life
60 Seconds
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Earth
Scorchio! Earth’s surface is the hottest it has been in history
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Health
Polio back in Nigeria two years after being wiped out in Africa
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Earth
Lead in Australia’s drinking water is leaching from brass taps
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Earth
Plunging deep beneath the sea in a tiny sub to map the ocean
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Mystery of d茅j脿 vu explained 鈥� it’s how we check our memories
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Physics
Black hole made in the lab shows signs of quantum entanglement
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Health
104-year-old cyclist named world’s greatest centenarian athlete
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Space
Mystery object in weird orbit beyond Neptune cannot be explained
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Does eating more salt prevent migraines and severe headaches?
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Earth
World鈥檚 oldest vertebrate is a shark that may live for 500 years
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Space
Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt
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Physics
How big is a proton? No one knows exactly, and that’s a problem
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Health
Virtual reality helps eight paralysed people feel their legs
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Life
Selfish dogs would rather play with a toy than help a human
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Health
First wearable brain scanner to probe people with amazing gifts
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Environment
Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind
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Health
First real-time look at genes switching off in live human brains
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Environment
Wasps stitch up spiders in silk nests where they are eaten alive
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Technology
Autonomous AI guards to stalk the internet fighting hackers
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One Per Cent
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Environment
US Air Force wants to plasma bomb the sky using tiny satellites
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Technology
Australian AI spots dodgy deals that look like money laundering
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Technology
Expensive drones take flying lessons from cheaper stunt doubles
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Analysis
Health
Shock therapy to make a comeback as evidence grows that it works
Electroconvulsive therapy is often viewed with fear, but some psychiatrists are adamant it works. Now the medical establishment is waking up to its promise
News
LHC-style supercolliders are entering a make or break phase
News
Health
Gluten-free water: surely that’s not a real thing is it?
News
Health
Human-animal chimeras may be key to us living healthier lives
News
Features
Life
Life may have emerged not once, but many times on Earth
Far from being a miracle that happened just once in 4 billion years, life's beginnings could have been so commonplace that it began many times over
Features
Humans
How winning at cards can help you win at life
Features
Environment
No-fly zone: Exploring the uncharted layers of our atmosphere
Features
Physics
President Per贸n, I’ll give you fusion in a bottle
Features
Culture
Humans
The kids are alright 鈥� if you leave them alone
Has raising children turned into stressful, obsessive work in the hands of middle-class Western parents? Two new books explore this troubled territory
Culture
Humans
Mall tales: an artist’s take on modern retail psychology
Culture
Technology
How the cyber age gave peace a chance
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