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Head transplant mavericks must be scrutinised, not ignored

Whether or not you believe neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero and his claims about head transplants, journalism has a democratic duty to hold public figures up to the light

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great war

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Broken faces of the Great War

Regulars

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Technology

Illuminating India: The genius of making a little go a long way

Culture

Heart in operating theatre

Health

Human hearts kept 'asleep' in a box can survive outside the body

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From statistics to surgery to psychology: Our favourite reads

Culture

A hand dangling a breast implant

Health

Breast implants can lessen gunshot injuries by slowing bullets

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Health

Don’t blame Instagram for the rise of botox and lip fillers

Analysis

Brain scan of person with Parkinson's

Health

Pig brain cells implanted into brains of people with Parkinson’s

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Technology

Augmented reality goggles give surgeons X-ray vision

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Open-heart surgery

Health

Deadly infection spread by contaminated heart surgery machines

To get a new heart valve, patients have to undergo open-heart surgery. But a machine used in such procedures has been contaminating these implants

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Technology

Virtual syringe lets surgeons practise piercing skin and muscle

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Health

Baby has surgery to remove parasitic fetus growing inside him

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Technology

Amputees control virtual prosthetic arm using nerve signals

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Humans

Are caesareans really making us evolve to have bigger babies?

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