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Breaking the menopause taboo

Women live an average of 30 years after menopause. Normalising menopause as a life event requires greater research, investment and cultural acceptance.

Calling out modern slavery

A crisis affecting 50 million people around the world is coming into clearer view.

Governments want babies, but people want choices

More people are choosing not to have children, sparking big debates and changing how we view family and society.

Habitat destruction hurting more than climate change

Habitat destruction and modification harms biodiversity, and compounds the impacts of climate change and other threats to wildlife.

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Welcome to a brave new world of therapeutics

The field of RNA therapeutics has expanded incredibly over the last 30 years, and mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are just the start.

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A revolutionary new weapon in the battle against influenza

Clinical trials of an mRNA vaccine have begun and researchers expect broadly positive outcomes in the battle against the widespread illness.

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What you need to know about your sleep gadgets

Sleep gadgets have become ubiquitous but getting the information you need from them is more straightforward than you might think.

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Gene editing has arrived

The UK and US have both approved a gene editing therapy to overcome the genetic mutation that causes sickle cell disease, but the treatment is expensive.

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Did space give Earth the spark of life? OSIRIS-REx might tell us

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will allow scientists to put asteroid Bennu under the microscope and perhaps answer questions about the origins of life on Earth.

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How AI is joining the fight against superbugs

Scientists are exploring new strategies to win the war against superbugs.

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We don’t know enough about the high seas to protect them

Beyond any country’s jurisdiction, relatively little is known about the high seas and the life it contains. As high sea activities ramp up that needs to change.

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DNA could ensure strawberry fields forever

Advances in the field are revolutionary but require safeguards to curb misuse.

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Why we should not reuse plastic water bottles

Whether microplastic particles cause long-term damage is uncertain but reducing our exposure to them will be wise.

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We ingest plastics every minute of the day

There is no escape from them as they are in the air we breathe and in the everyday products we use.

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Calling out modern slavery

Governments want babies, but people want choices

Habitat destruction hurting more than climate change

Welcome to a brave new world of therapeutics

A revolutionary new weapon in the battle against influenza

What you need to know about your sleep gadgets

Gene editing has arrived

Did space give Earth the spark of life? OSIRIS-REx might tell us

How AI is joining the fight against superbugs

We don’t know enough about the high seas to protect them

DNA could ensure strawberry fields forever

Why we should not reuse plastic water bottles

We ingest plastics every minute of the day

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