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Environment

How will we actually know when we pass 1.5°C of warming?

It looks likely that the world will pass 1.5°C of warming in the 2030s, but current climate definitions would only make this failure official 10 years later, which could waste time in bringing temperatures back down

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Why it's healthy for older people to be slightly overweight

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Mutation behind Huntington's linked to higher childhood intelligence

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The caudate nuclei, parts of the brain affected by Huntington's disease

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Sickle cell CRISPR 'cure' is the start of a revolution in medicine

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Environment

Will global warming continue even after we hit net-zero emissions?

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Weight-loss drug Wegovy can avert heart attacks - will this widen use?

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Technology

Hollywood strike ends – but actors’ battle against AI may not be over

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Health

Why is Canada's assisted dying policy in the global spotlight?

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Technology

What did the UK's AI Safety Summit actually achieve?

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Health

Face masks ward off covid-19, so why are we still arguing about it?

The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to prevent covid-19, but the intervention remains a controversial issue

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Health

You probably don't need 8 hours of sleep for a healthy brain

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Concept art of a human head with lock hole in digital background

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UK’s global AI summit must provide solutions rather than suggestions

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Someone with covid-19 at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK, in January 2021

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Is England doing enough to stop covid-19 spreading in hospitals?

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Physics

Could nuclear weapons testing resume as global tensions rise?

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