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A comprehensive review confirms the benefits of exercise for treating depression, even if the exact reasons remain unclear ...

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A man with auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which gut microbes produce intoxicating levels of alcohol, has been ...

An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies ...