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Australia’s detention of child asylum seekers has harmed their health

Since 2012, Australia has detained hundreds of children seeking asylum, often for years. Now a review has revealed the lasting physical and mental health impacts of this policy

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Genetic conflict with the fetus influences when women give birth

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Later bedtimes on weekends are linked to weight gain in children

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A breast cancer tumour in a mouse

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Cancer tumours in mice shrunk thanks to oxygen-sucking battery

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Ingesting microplastics may increase fat absorption by 145 per cent

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The brain may flush out its waste products after a mental workout

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Fetal lung tissue

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The ageing of cells may be due to errors that harm protein production

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How long can humans live? We may not have hit the limit yet

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A middle-aged, blue-eyed, Caucasian person's eye looks to the side while smiling with wrinkled skin.

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Banishing wrinkles could boost healthy ageing – so who pays the bill?

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We are trapped in a junk food cycle that is making us sick

Poor diet is the biggest cause of avoidable illness and premature death in high-income countries. Our food system is broken, say Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis

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Drug overdose deaths have quadrupled among older US adults

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Nanosyringes could inject drugs into specific cells in our bodies

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Cancer mystery as cases rise among younger people around the world

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The radical new theory that wrinkles actually cause ageing

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