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The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less

Health

The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less

Women were historically excluded from health studies on the grounds that hormone fluctuations introduced "noise" into the data, and this has left us with a lack of understanding about a range of conditions

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When it comes to crime, you can't algorithm your way to safety

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When it comes to crime, you can't algorithm your way to safety

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How dark energy findings may inspire a new generation of physics nerds

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Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails?

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Don't ban kids from social media; create a site that works for them

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Don't ban kids from social media; create a site that works for them

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Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it anyway

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Life

What if we could experience life as another species?

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England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray!

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We may soon be able to hold fossil fuel companies to account

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We may soon be able to hold fossil fuel companies to account

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Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

Life

Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

Several recent scientific findings, including signs of life on an exoplanet and 'de-extinction' of the dire wolf have caused a stir but when a claim seems too good to be true it probably is

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Does science have a future in the US?

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The supplement that really can improve your brain health

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Are ordinary people fighting a losing battle to go green?

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Where is the TV drama to move the dial on climate change?

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