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Neuroscientist finds her brain shrinks while taking birth control

A researcher who underwent dozens of brain scans discovered that the volume of her cerebral cortex was 1 per cent lower when she took hormonal contraceptives

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Macrophotograph of a huge Eastern hornet (orientalis Vespa) against a blue sky on a Sunny summer day

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Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on Earth

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A wild bottlenose dolphin having a health assessment

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Dolphins breathe in microplastics and it could be damaging their lungs

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MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

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Rapamycin could make an epilepsy drug much safer during pregnancy

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We need to start telling women how pregnancy changes their brain

Mind

We need to start telling women how pregnancy changes their brain

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Evidence grows for dramatic brain remodelling during pregnancy

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Why midlife is the perfect time to take control of your future health

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Why midlife is the perfect time to take control of your future health

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breastfeeding an infant

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A long-standing mystery about breastfeeding may have been solved

Researchers have discovered a hormone in mice that prevents bone loss during lactation and could one day be used to treat osteoporosis

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Blue whale mother caught feeding her calf on video for first time ever

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Sick chimpanzees seek out range of plants with medicinal properties

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Environment

Shipping companies are testing biofuel made from cashew nut shells

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Tiny great ape fossils identified as new species from Europe

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