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  Ignore the Davina McCall Effect: Why testosterone is not a menopause wonder drug

  sciencefocus.com - Dr Michelle Griffin

  Women receiving prescriptions for the hormone have increased 10-fold in less than a decade. According to data analysed by The Pharmaceutical Journal, …

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  Rewilding: is it the conservation silver bullet we need?

  sciencefocus.com - Adam Hart

  In mid-July, four bison were released into Kent as part of a rewilding effort to revert our land to its historical state. But is this the best way to …

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  Electroconvulsive therapy: Does this treatment really work?

  sciencefocus.com - Christian Jarrett

  Recent reports claim that the controversial treatment can cause brain damage and memory loss. The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a …

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  Could bringing back samples of Martian rock contaminate the Earth with foreign microbes?

  sciencefocus.com - Colin Stuart

  NASA and ESA plan to bring back samples or rock, soil and air from the Red Planet within the next two decades. NASA and the European Space Agency …

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  Reality Check: Are the hottest cities in the world becoming uninhabitable thanks to climate change?

  sciencefocus.com - Prof Dann Mitchell

  A recent heatwave in Jacobabad in Pakistan saw temperatures reaching a record-breaking 51˚C – a figure dangerously close to the limit of human …

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  Reality Check: What drives pathological liars and how should you deal with them?

  sciencefocus.com - Christian Jarrett

  Rather than telling the occasional white lie, pathological liars habitually and regularly tell fibs, often painting themselves as a hero or a victim. …