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An end to communicable diseases?

By Robert Cottrell

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Why do we get the giggles?

By David Robson
Prema Jain, 52, found a dead monkey in her garden in 2019, and her family were infected with the KFD virus, resulting in Prema being hospitalised (Credit: Catherine Davison)
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The disease driven by an addictive nut

By Catherine Davison
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A genetic condition that pops shoulders

By Michael Marshall
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The unproven hype of stem cell therapy?

By Jules Montague
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The case for crying in public

By Christian Jarrett
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How to be stress proof

By Mithu Storoni
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How modern life is changing our bones

By Zaria Gorvett
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This vaccine could transform medicine

By Gaia Vince
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What happens when anaesthesia fails

By David Robson
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The world’s most extreme rescue mission

By Sandrine Ceurstemont
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Spanish flu: 100 years on

Why the 1918 flu virus was so lethal

By David Robson
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The surprising cause of Alzheimer's

By Ruth Itzhaki
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Is apple cider vinegar good for you?

By Gabriel Neal
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Why are we having less sex?

By Simon Copland
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The downsides of ‘breast is best’

By Clare Wilson