Evidence that Tamiflu reduces deaths in pandemic flu
Campaigners charge that drug companies withheld data on flu drugs because they are no better than aspirin – or a stiff whisky. Data from 2009 show otherwise
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The diagnosis of mental illness needs its own therapy
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Delicate nano-flowers coaxed from simple seeds
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Forget pandas – ugly animals should be protected too
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Does habitat replacement let developers off the hook?
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Want fewer hurricanes? Pollute the air
Cleaning up our air may have made us healthier, but it could also have boosted the number of tropical storms in the north Atlantic
New signs of language surface in mystery Voynich text
Some had dismissed the unknown script in a mysterious 15th-century illustrated text as gibberish, but statistical analysis indicates it could be a cipher
Give picked veg some light to make it better for you
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