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Plastic in Space

Earth

Salvaged plastics imitate bizarre and beautiful sea life

This deceptive artwork was created by photographing just a few of the 5 trillion bits of plastic that pollute our oceans and shorelines

Regulars

How tech bugs could be killing thousands in our hospitals

Health

How tech bugs could be killing thousands in our hospitals

Features

Lady refusing a glass of wine

Health

Let’s all heed the health benefits of a month without alcohol

Leader

plastic bags

Earth

Fixing planet plastic: How we'll really solve our waste problem

Features

Driving past a lorry

Humans

Let’s hear it for psychology, a better than average science

Leader

Self-repairing organs could save your life in a heartbeat

Health

Self-repairing organs could save your life in a heartbeat

Features

Hope for herpes vaccine after it wipes out virus in monkeys

Health

Hope for herpes vaccine after it wipes out virus in monkeys

News

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Technology

Evading death and mind-uploading: The ambition of transhumanism

Culture

Chess board

Humans

Superhuman: What human extremes mean for today and tomorrow

Culture

Lady painting

Health

Creative people are 90 per cent more likely to get schizophrenia

A study of the entire population of Sweden has found that people who do artistic subjects at university are more likely to have schizophrenia and depression

News

Humans

People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

News

Health

First US death due to romaine lettuce as E. coli outbreak widens

News

Life

High times: The Victorian doctor who promoted medical marijuana

Features

Technology

Brexit and Trump votes screwed with our heart rates for months

News

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