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Technology

Paper batteries use electron-harvesting bacteria to make electricity

Many small devices require batteries, but they can be expensive and environmentally unfriendly. Paper batteries powered by bacteria may be the solution

News

Yuval Noah Harari: Why the reluctant guru is upsetting scientists

Technology

Yuval Noah Harari: Why the reluctant guru is upsetting scientists

Culture

contraception

Life

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

Leader

smartphone app

Life

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

Insight

glasses of wine artwork

Life

Banana-y bread and onion beer: How yeast can trick our tastebuds

Features

A man being handed ayahuasca

Mind

Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience

News

Inducing labour at 39 weeks leads to fewer emergency Caesareans

Health

Inducing labour at 39 weeks leads to fewer emergency Caesareans

News

Ecstasy pills

Health

Ecstasy-like drugs might relieve social difficulties in autism

News

Deaths caused by the opioid fentanyl are rising in the UK

Health

Deaths caused by the opioid fentanyl are rising in the UK

News

pharmacy

Health

The medical cannabis debate is a chance to put science before dogma

Neither extreme prohibition nor extreme liberalism is a sensible drugs policy – on medical cannabis and elsewhere, let’s see what the facts say

Leader

Technology

There's no escaping the internet, says artist James Bridle

Culture

Life

Spying on whales: The shocking truth about humans and whales

Culture

Life

Time travel to Augusts past: cold cod, thawing mammoths, frozen nerves

Regulars

Health

One drink a day might be enough to stop dementia by flushing the brain

News