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Environment

How countries can go fossil fuel free with wind and solar superpowers

South Australia is a renewable energy champion and now plans a truly fossil fuel-free grid. How did it make such a remarkable turnaround, and can the rest of the world follow suit?

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Hundreds of pro-cannabis demonstrators march in New York City

Society

Legalising marijuana hasn't been the quick fix the US hoped for

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Electrical energy

Technology

Tiny generator uses the motion of molecules to produce electricity

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Research into cannabis really only started in earnest two decades ago

Health

Why we know so little about cannabis – and why scientists are worried

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Health

Potential new medicine can target proteins on cancer cell surfaces

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Health

MDMA therapy for PTSD expected to get US approval after latest trial

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Men preparing the root and the leaves to be cooked together for the preparation of Ayahuasca tea. (Photo by: Giulio Paletta/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Ten Trips review: What tripping taught an academic about psychedelics

Culture

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Health

Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants

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Members of SafeStreetRebel, a group of anonymous anti-car activists, place a cone on a self-driving robotaxi to disable it in San Francisco, California on July 11, 2023. Members of SafeStreetRebel, a group of anonymous anti-car activists, have been actively calling for participants to help protest the spread of robotaxis for malfunctioning and blocking traffic. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

Our priorities are all wrong when it comes to new technologies

Comment

Health

Drinking alcohol doesn't give people 'beer goggles' after all

Drinking alcohol doesn't give people "beer goggles" that make others seem more attractive, but it may give them the confidence to approach those they already found attractive

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Appetite for mind-altering substances is booming among US adults

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Health

Cells from discarded placentas may help to treat heart attacks

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Binge drinking hits record high among adults 35 to 50 years old in US

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Health

Gene therapy delivered into the brain could treat alcohol misuse

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