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Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic insulin capsules

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Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic insulin capsules

A stomach implant delivers insulin that can be refilled through capsules that are swallowed. If the device is approved for use in humans, it could revolutionise the treatment of type 1 diabetes

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Cannabis was domesticated in north-west China around 12,000 years ago

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Cannabis was domesticated in north-west China around 12,000 years ago

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Caffeine

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Caffeine

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Fish are becoming addicted to methamphetamines seeping into rivers

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Quantum microscope can examine cells in unprecedented detail

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Quantum microscope can examine cells in unprecedented detail

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Cannabis plant

Environment

Colorado's legal cannabis farms emit more carbon than its coal mines

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Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

Health

Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

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What is the placebo effect?

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The placebo effect

Jamie Dornan (left) and Anthony Mackie (right)

Mind

Synchronic review: A genuinely hair-raising time travel thriller

Culture

heart-shaped electrocardiogram

Technology

Smart speakers could hear your heart beating from across the room

By broadcasting ultrasound waves and analysing the reflections, a computer can detect the chest movements caused by a human heartbeat – and the system could run on a smart speaker

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Health

Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals

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Record $8 billion payout won’t turn back the clock on US opioid crisis

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Minimum alcohol pricing could reduce alcohol-linked deaths in Canada

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Elon Musk demonstrated a Neuralink brain implant in a live pig

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