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Spain leads the world in organ donation. What's stopping other countries catching up? Mosaic science
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Spain leads the world in organ donation. What's stopping other countries catching up?

More and more people are donating organs, but demand still far exceeds supply. What can the world...

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How France is persuading its citizens to get vaccinated Mosaic science
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How France is persuading its citizens to get vaccinated

One in three French people think vaccines are unsafe, but across the country vaccine coverage is...

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Can vapes save the world from smoking? Mosaic science
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Can vapes save the world from smoking?

E-cigarettes were invented by business, not medicine. But as more smokers make the switch, some...

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How to survive in the world's largest refugee camp Mosaic science
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How to survive in the world's largest refugee camp

A million Rohingya refugees in crowded shelters with poor sanitation – ideal conditions for...

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How far would you go to be able to smile? Mosaic science
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How far would you go to be able to smile?

Smiling is one of the fundamental ways people communicate, so what happens if your face can’t do...

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Why we need to start listening to insects Mosaic science
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Why we need to start listening to insects

You may not think of the buzz and whine of insects as musical, but the distinctive pitch of...

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This drug can stop mothers bleeding to death in childbirth – so why can't more women get it? Mosaic science
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This drug can stop mothers bleeding to death in childbirth – so why can't more women get it?

We now know there’s a cheap, safe treatment that could save thousands of lives each year. But...

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Most care leavers say they survived the system... I survived because of the system Mosaic science
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Most care leavers say they survived the system... I survived because of the system

Researcher Áine Kelly is using her experience of growing up in care to help others in the system....

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Hard labour: the case for testing drugs on pregnant women Mosaic science
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Hard labour: the case for testing drugs on pregnant women

Traditionally, expectant mothers have been excluded from clinical trials, but could this practice...

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How going hungry affects children for their whole lives Mosaic science
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How going hungry affects children for their whole lives

Food poverty is on the rise in rich countries. And evidence suggests the impact can last for...

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Voices in the dark: an audio story Mosaic science
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Voices in the dark: an audio story

What’s it like to hear voices? Are they hallucinations or a normal human experience? Chris...

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This is what it's like waking up during surgery Mosaic science
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This is what it's like waking up during surgery

General anaesthetic is supposed to make surgery painless. But now there’s evidence that one...

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How close are we to a cure for Huntington's? Mosaic science
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How close are we to a cure for Huntington's?

Twenty-five years after the discovery of the gene behind Huntington’s disease, Peter Forbes...

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Terror, shipwreck, guns - 24 hours in a Karachi ambulance Mosaic science
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Terror, shipwreck, guns - 24 hours in a Karachi ambulance

Who would risk their own safety tending to the injured and recovering the dead in one of the most...

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Why are so many of us over-sensitive? Mosaic science
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Why are so many of us over-sensitive?

When a gentle glow feels like a spotlight and everyday sounds hurt your ears, life can get...

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Studying an emerging sign language won’t kill it – so what are linguists scared of? Mosaic science
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Studying an emerging sign language won’t kill it – so what are linguists scared of?

Emerging sign languages could reveal how all language evolved – but keeping these fragile...

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The superhero in your vagina Mosaic science
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The superhero in your vagina

While it’s healthy to have a variety of bacteria in our guts, there’s one place where a single...

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The man who is ageing too fast Mosaic science
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The man who is ageing too fast

Nobuaki Nagashima has Werner syndrome, which causes his body to age at super speed. This...

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How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer Mosaic science
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How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer

The East African country’s campaign to end cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine has had to...

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Science for the people! Mosaic science
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Science for the people!

In the 1970s, radical scientists thought they could change the world – if they could change...

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