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Data is used for the first time to show regional differences in the uptake of a single medicine - sodium valproate - and the potential benefits are striking say researchers ...

The notion that vast windfalls inevitably bring misery is based on a handful of sad cases ...

AGI in South Carolina investigated by government after leaked files revealed traumatic injuries and animal deaths ...

Previously unseen artefacts show invading forces included communities of men, women, children, craftworkers and merchants ...

Ministers set out plans for outlawing neonicotinoids but considering application by farmers to use Cruiser SB ...

Other lives: Pioneering educational psychologist and a widely admired mentor, counsellor and confidant ...

The altar stone, which we now know is from Scotland, may have been a gift or marker of political alliance ...

Scientists surprised to find so many animals unknown to science in Alto Mayo, a well-populated region ...

Letters: Prof Mark Pallen, Dr Aimee Parker, Prof Nick Loman and Prof Alan Walker take issue with an article that discussed the existence of a brain microbiome and its impact on diseases ...

One algorithm identified the five strongest notes in each drink more accurately than any one of a panel of experts ...