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In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

Environment

Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

Collecting the materials needed for renewable technologies is causing enormous environmental damage and could soon extend to the deep sea and even asteroids. Innovative solutions are poised to turn the crisis around

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Health

ADHD drugs reduce risk of criminal behaviour, drug abuse and accidents

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An illustration of the production of the key signalling molecule interferon, produced by a protein complex binding to DNA

Health

mRNA drugs could protect against almost any kind of viral infection

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Shutterstock (15320742p) This photo taken on May 26, 2025, during a ministerial visit to Novo Nordisk factory in Chartres, France, shows medicines (injection solution and injection pen for Ozempic, Wegovy, etc...) on the production line. Illustration - Novo Nordisk Factory - Chartres, France - 26 May 2025

Health

We should consider testing Ozempic on healthy people

Leader

Why constipation isn’t just painful, but can lead to serious disease

Health

Why constipation isn’t just painful, but can lead to serious disease

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Health

Ozempic really could turn back the clock on your biological age

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Health

Human milk could help fight infections that endanger pregnancies

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Electron micrograph of the HIV pathogen

Health

Human trials point the way towards an mRNA vaccine against HIV

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How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

Health

How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

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Health

You don't need to take drugs like Ozempic consistently to lose weight

People with disrupted access to GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic, still seem to lose substantial amounts of weight

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Health

Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

Comment

Health

Rapid bursts of ageing are causing a total rethink of how we grow old

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Chemistry

Vapour-sniffing drug detector tested at the US-Mexico border

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Health

Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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