Health
Blindness treatment will insert algae gene into people’s eyes
Optogenetic techniques that use light to control nerve cells are being tried in people at last – and could lead to treatments for several types of blindness
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Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive
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Humans
It’s up to us if powerful AI embodies our virtues or our vices
Culture
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2018 preview: Bioelectricity tweak can regenerate missing limbs
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Podcast: Are we heading towards a male fertility disaster?
Features
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Two UK cities hit by measles outbreaks as vaccination rates drop
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Morning sickness in pregnancy blamed on protein in the placenta
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Magnetic cells could fix a broken heart after a heart attack
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Earth
Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050
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Watch this soft robot squeeze a damaged heart to keep it pumping
Putting a squishy robot around the diseased chamber of a heart helps it pump while you wait for a new one - and could even rehabilitate it so you don't need one
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Environment
Spiders reset body clocks to avoid 5-hour jet-lag every day
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NHS reforms have failed to boost community-based care in England
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Medical cannabis vendors must stop making bogus health claims
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Earth
China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better
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