Earth
Plastic waste is a problem – but some solutions are even worse
Plastics have done wonders for hygiene and human health. We need to fix the waste problem – but don’t throw out the baby with the bath tub
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Health
Let’s all heed the health benefits of a month without alcohol
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Earth
Salvaged plastics imitate bizarre and beautiful sea life
Regulars
Earth
Fixing planet plastic: How we’ll really solve our waste problem
Features
Humans
Let’s hear it for psychology, a better than average science
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Health
Hope for herpes vaccine after it wipes out virus in monkeys
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Health
Evading death and mind-uploading: The ambition of transhumanism
Culture
Environment
People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result
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Health
First US death due to romaine lettuce as E. coli outbreak widens
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Technology
Brexit and Trump votes screwed with our heart rates for months
A study of nearly 12,000 people wearing health monitoring devices shows how people’s biological rhythms fall out of sync after big political events
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Health
Mediterranean diet delays Alzheimer’s for three extra years
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Health
This mind-reading hearing aid knows who you’re listening to
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Environment
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cross oceans hidden in cargo ships
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Health
Global cancer scheme lets people share data across the world
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