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Our new study has found that people who suffer from severe mental illness are at a much higher risk of dying from preventable diseases and conditions.
Climate change plans can bring broader benefits to cities, while helping avert disaster.
The first step to mining an asteroid is finding a suitable candidate. Scientists estimate there should be some ten nearby targets.
Shakespeare wrote of the ‘seven ages of man’, and our appetite for food changes as we age too – with implications for our health.
Zimbabwe has high hopes for a post-Mugabe era, but it has some serious growing pains to deal with first.
A public meeting of flat earthers is a product and sign of our times.
Folic acid in pregnancy – and the gene which explains why the benefits may differ.
From eye-scanners to 3D printers, technology in humanitarian crises can be a positive force for disenfranchised people.
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This is the audio version of an in depth article from The Conversation, which explores the ethics of transhumanism.
Vitamin D could help the 20m children worldwide who suffer from acute, severe malnutrition.
Where to start dismantling the UK’s hostile environment policy on immigration.
Synthetic biology allows us to engineer biological cells. This could help us tackle cancer in remarkable ways.
The number of teetotallers in Britain is rising. But that doesn’t mean the rest of the population has a healthy relationship with alcohol.
Depression, substance and financial problems are still major problems for retiring athletes.
The comedian hired to do the ‘roast’ at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has been criticised for going too far. Here’s why she didn’t.
The son of Pakistani immigrants was told at school he’d never even make it to university.
It’s time to challenge the taken-for-granted use of forceful holding by using creative methods to prepare children for health procedures..
A culture of disbelief for asylum seekers is endemic in the British immigration system.
Facing stiff competition, the obvious solution is for Sainsbury’s and Asda to grow their customer base and revenues, while cutting their margins, through a merger.
Poorer young people in Varanasi have big ambitions, but no way to reach them – despite the government’s efforts.
Councils decide important matters, so it’s worth turning out to vote in local elections on May 3.
Most people agree that children should be taught to manage money — but who decides what they learn, and who is responsible for teaching them?
Despite all claims to secular egalitarianism, the Assad family’s decades of rule have been brutally elitist.
It’s 40 years since the birth of Louise Brown, the world’s first test tube baby. But our long read explains how infertility has a much longer history.