When organ donation meets religion
Organ donation can save lives, but are religious taboos potentially limiting the number of organs available?
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How far would you go to be able to smile?
Smiling is one of the fundamental ways people communicate, so what happens if your face can’t do it?
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How many types of smile are there?
You’d be forgiven for thinking that counting the different types of smile would be straightforward. It’s anything but.
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The only emotions I can feel are anger and fear
New research suggests a vital link between our ability to sense our physical bodies and knowing how we feel.
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Searching for Ebola’s hideout
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Wherever you are, time is running out for treating gonorrhoea
Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is on the rise. Scientists are searching urgently for new ways to treat it.
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Penicillin’s first patient
Uncovering the truth behind the first man treated with the world’s first antibiotic.
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Sick building syndrome: is it the buildings or the people who need treatment?
People whose sickness is linked to certain buildings fear being labelled as mentally ill, while scientists seek evidence that their condition is real.
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What can we learn when a clinical trial is stopped?
An early halt to a trial of deep brain stimulation for depression reveals little about the treatment but more about the changing nature of clinical trials.
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Why good people turn bad online
Meet the scientists finding out how we can defeat our inner trolls and build more cooperative digital societies.
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How to survive climate change: a lesson from Hurricane Maria
The rest of the world can learn from Puerto Rican communities rallying together to recover from a natural disaster fuelled by climate change.
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Why we mustn’t forget the effects of climate change on mental health
Understanding why suicide rates in Puerto Rico have risen by a third since Hurricane Maria could help us prepare for future natural disasters.