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Strength in numbers

Ultra-tailored, personalised medicine is the grand promise for the future of healthcare. Between hype and hope, the race is on to make it happen

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Divided we stand

Short fiction from Tim Maughan

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Myndlift: A startup to sharpen up

Video: Myndlift's app uses neurofeedback to help people focus in smartphone-addled daily life. Founder Aziz Kaadan tells us how it works, and how to succeed as the only Palestinian-founded startup in Tel Aviv

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Obstetrics for beginners

While experimenting with 'old springs and other bits of stuff' in his home workshop, Dr Graham Tydeman accidentally created 'Desperate Debra' - an invaluable tool to allow doctors to practice caesarean sections

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How Scotland is tackling the democratic deficit, from the ground up

In Glasgow, community members are building local democracy for themselves – it starts by reclaiming land from property developers

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What Ralph Nader taught us about car safety – and the virtue of red tape

With President Trump attempting to gut regulations across US industry, it's worth revisiting Ralph Nader's 1960s fight with car companies

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Just like starting over: when Britain (briefly) fell in love with New Towns

In an exciting post-war moment, completely planned towns sprung up around the country. Years later, they don't get the credit they deserve, says Christopher Beanland

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Who can you trust in a post-truth world?

​Our post-truth, post-trust times make us more aware of the value of those concepts. That can be a good thing

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AI: what's the worst that could happen?

Stephen Cave, executive director of the UK's new dedicated centre for exploring AI, is gathering the best of human intelligence to tackle the problems of the future