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Rejecting standard cancer treatment like Elle Macpherson is a big risk

People with cancer may have understandable reasons to follow Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson in declining chemotherapy, but the odds aren’t in their favour, warns Elle Hunt

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We need transparency from the companies disseminating misinformation

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse
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We will one day be able to slow, halt and even eradicate Alzheimer's

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Never mind the health benefits, there are green reasons to stop vaping

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How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

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How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

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Why we need to save the Chandra space telescope

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The 1.5°C target is dead, but climate action needn't be

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

A big rethink of our planet’s early years adds to growing fossil, chemical and DNA evidence that Earth was only a few hundred million years old when life began

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The crisis in our oceans shows how quickly climate chaos can strike

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Don't disrespect Alan Turing by reanimating him with AI

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Don't disrespect Alan Turing by reanimating him with AI

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If we could talk to whales, what might they say?

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If we could talk to whales, what might they say?

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Critics of the International Space Station are missing the point

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