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Weight-loss injections need to be for life, not just two years

Health services need to plan around a growing number of people taking lifelong weight-loss injections such as Wegovy - and the sooner they face up to that, the better, says Clare Wilson

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Weight-loss injections need to be for life, not just two years

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How even the greatest scientists can fall for cognitive bias

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How even the greatest scientists can fall for cognitive bias

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Why do so many people believe aliens have visited Earth?

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Why do so many people believe aliens have visited Earth?
We should all be curbing our water usage – before it's too late

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We should all be curbing our water usage – before it's too late

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Conspiracy theories are the new pandemic infecting public life

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Conspiracy theories are the new pandemic infecting public life

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Social media brings benefits as well as risks to young people

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Social media brings benefits as well as risks to young people

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We must address a key obstacle to our new age of space exploration

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We must address a key obstacle to our new age of space exploration

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The real reason claims about the existential risk of AI are scary

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The real reason claims about the existential risk of AI are scary

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Why medical studies of diverse populations benefit humanity as a whole

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Why medical studies of diverse populations benefit humanity as a whole

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Concern about dirty air can galvanise the fight against climate change

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Concern about dirty air can galvanise the fight against climate change

Politicians think that climate policy is a vote loser because people see it as a "tomorrow" issue. But immediate worries about the air we breathe offer a way to shift the dial, says London's mayor Sadiq Khan

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Why you shouldn't believe claims that there are 7 types of ADHD

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Is it ethical to use complex mini-brains for artificial intelligence?

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Is it ethical to use complex mini-brains for artificial intelligence?

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Why we should do more to protect frogs and toads

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Why we should do more to protect frogs and toads

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Read an extract from The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

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Read an extract from The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

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