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British Science Festival 2010

  • Beating depression – without drugs

    Low-dose Prozac may help relieve the misery of PMS

  • David Willetts has said it makes sense for students to be charged more for higher education

    Notes & Theories
    David Willetts ducks questions about the future of science funding

  • Online dating

    Agony aunt tears up the rules of the dating game

  • View of the London skyline from the top floor of the National Portrait Gallery.Photograph: Paul Owen

    London is overdue for a major earthquake, warns seismologist

  • Fat woman obese obesity

    Obesity crisis 'cannot be solved by exercise alone'

    Study urges severely obese to eat more healthily, finding that forgoing a small sandwich is as effective as a one-hour run

  • X-ray of hands with rheumatoid arthritis

    Failure to act on early signs of rheumatoid arthritis could prove fatal

    Specialist says rheumatoid arthritis can be halted or even reversed if treated early, but symptoms are often ignored
    • Mirococept could double life of transplant organs

    • The price of love? Losing two of your closest friends

    • Notes & Theories
      Football: the benefits of playing into the second half (of your life)

  • A healthy brain, as seen on an MRI scan. Photograph: Science photo library

    Oxford scientist calls for research on technology 'mind change'

    Susan Greenfield claims 'mind change' as a result of using modern technology is one of humanity's greatest threats

  • CRACKER

    Psychological profiling 'worse than useless'

    Profiling of killers has no real-world value, wastes police time and risks bringing the profession into disrepute, experts say

  • A file photo of an unidentified man smoking a cannabis cigarette at a house in London

    Cannabis should be licensed and sold in shops, expert says

    Leading cannabis researcher calls for legalisation with controls similar to alcohol and tobacco

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