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Our brains have their first thoughts surprisingly early in life

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Our brains have their first thoughts surprisingly early in life

By the time we’re born, our brains have all the hardware in place to form thoughts, and possibly even some conscious awareness

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'Transformative' pancreatic cancer drug doubles survival time

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Embryos made without sperm or eggs reveal why many pregnancies fail

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Press Handout picture: ANCIENT ANAESTHETIC REVEALS THE SOPHISTICATED MEDICINE OF MING CHINA ? Microscopic analysis uncovers traces of anaesthetic on surgical instruments from an early Ming dynasty tomb. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZMcIfEltnmkddbPrcQk66zqZijuvsQhC Photograph shows: The sampled instruments and the residues analysed on each one.

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Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb

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Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was

Life

Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was

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The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert

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Thought-provoking photographs capture what it feels like to have ADHD

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Thought-provoking photographs capture what it feels like to have ADHD

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Physics

We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?

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Life

Tobacco plant altered to produce five psychedelic drugs

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Dust rising from combine during crop harvesting, no-till technology professional occupation.

Environment

The Iran war is exposing the huge risks in our food system

No matter where you get your food from, a good chunk of your diet is ultimately reliant on fossil fuels. We already need to change this to tackle climate change, but the Iran war and resulting oil shortage is showing the urgent need to rethink food

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Will war in the Middle East accelerate the clean energy transition?

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Why drug overdose deaths have suddenly plummeted in the US

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Environment

Is geothermal energy on the cusp of a worldwide renaissance?

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Health

Rapamycin can add years to your life, or none at all – it’s a lottery

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