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Is CBD a wonder drug or waste of money? Here's what the evidence says

Claims about the health benefits of cannabidiol have outpaced credible research, but CBD does show some real promise

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WAN8RX An illuminated sign in the window of a store in New York advertises the sale of CBD products, seen on Friday, August 16, 2019. CBD is the non-psychoactive component of marijuana as opposed to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which is the stuff that gets you high, not to mention being illegal at this time. (? Richard B. Levine)

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Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

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Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

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Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US’s iconic prairies?

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An alternative way to picture the standard model of particle physics

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An alternative way to picture the standard model of particle physics

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A brief history of the standard model, our theory of almost everything

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JGYRAN Large Hadron Collider tunnel.

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Six ways we could finally find new physics beyond the standard model

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The ultimate guide to hydration and what you really should be drinking

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Why relaxation is as important as sleep - and six ways to do it better

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Why relaxation is as important as sleep - and six ways to do it better

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Homo floresiensis skull. Mould made from fragments of the skull of Homo floresiensis in Liang Bua cave, Flores, Indonesia. This newly discovered hominid species was found in Liang Bua cave in 2003. It was very small, measuring just over a metre tall, and is thought to be a descendant of Homo erectus that underwent island dwarfism - a process where isolated species that lack predators and are constrained by limited resources evolve to become smaller. It is thought to have become extinct around 12,000 years ago and therefore co-existed with modern humans (Homo sapiens).

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The untold story of the curiously controversial Homo floresiensis dig

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Juice launch 14/04/2023 ESA?s latest interplanetary mission, Juice, lifted off on an?Ariane 5 rocket?from?Europe?s Spaceport?in French 09:14 local time/14:14CEST on 14 April 2023 to begin its eight-year journey to Jupiter, where it will study in detail the gas giant planet?s three large ocean-bearing moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. Juice ? Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ??is humankind?s next bold mission to the outer Solar System. This ambitious mission will?characterise Ganymede, Callisto and Europa with a powerful suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments to discover more about these compelling destinations as potential habitats for past or present life. Juice will monitor Jupiter?s complex magnetic, radiation and plasma environment in depth and its interplay with the moons, studying the Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giant systems across the Universe. Following launch, Juice will embark on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, arriving in July 2031 with the aid of momentum and direction gained from four gravity-assist fly-bys of the Earth-Moon system, Venus and, twice, Earth. Flight VA260 is the final Ariane 5 flight to carry an ESA mission to space.

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How the JUICE mission will look for habitability on Jupiter's moons

ESA’s JUICE mission will help us better understand whether Jupiter’s icy moons are habitable. But we need to be open to their unexpected secrets, says principal investigator Michele Dougherty

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Nowhere to hide: Data harvesters came for your privacy – and found it

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Nowhere to hide: Data harvesters came for your privacy – and found it

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Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

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Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

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How we broke the water cycle and can no longer rely on rain to fall

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How we broke the water cycle and can no longer rely on rain to fall

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A guide to cosmic fireworks, from stellar flares to black-hole beacons

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A guide to cosmic fireworks, from stellar flares to black-hole beacons

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