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The thought experiment: What would happen if the ocean froze over?

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Medicine gets personal © Tang Yau Hoong

Why personalised medicine is coming, and how it’s going to help us beat disease

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Recreating the Neanderthal brain

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The British microbiome: how our guts can tell us more than our genes

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Science doesn't always have to be serious

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Five “facts” about planet Earth that are completely wrong

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Down on the farm: 6 unusual studies on our favourite livestock

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It’s time to listen to our body clock

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