Environment
Rainforest romanticism is derailing our hunt for new drugs
The more pristine the forest, the more attractive it looks to conservationists. The reality is more complex, argues an eclectic new book, The Ethnobotany of Eden
Culture
Health
Time to end the cruel ban on using cannabis therapy for epilepsy
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Health
A robot has performed eye surgery on humans for the first time
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Technology
Bizarre state of matter to treat wounds instead of antibiotics
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Health
Art that brings meaning to medicine
Culture
Health
Ambien can cause bizarre behaviour – but not racist tweets
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Health
It’s time we stopped dismissing women’s health problems
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Health
How a change in tactics could help autism research
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Health
Golfer Jack Nicklaus says stem cell therapy cured his back pain
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Life
Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield
The increasing ability to create mini human brains in labs or integrate human cells into animal brains is rightly provoking worries about their use, says Alex Pearlman
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Health
Doctors who prescribe homeopathy ignore other medical guidelines
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Health
New blood pressure guidelines could do more harm than good
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Health
5 healthcare myths that can drive you to unneeded treatments
Features
Health
Virtual reality surgery lets trainee doctors practise operations
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