Eilidh Noyes and Rob Jenkins, University of York
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Your weekly science and health reads
The darker aspects of “miraculous” limb transplants that are rarely talked about.Life probably exists beyond Earth. So how do we find it? By Jamie Shreeve in National Geographic.
The discovery of exoplanets reignited interest in the search for alien life—do we have the technology to finally find it?In China, some parents seek an edge with genetic testing for tots. By Michael Standaert in MIT Technology Review.
And I thought taking the SATs was a lot of pressure.Five things I wish I’d known before my chronic illness. By Tessa Miller in The New York Times.
“There’s no conversation about that foggy space between the common cold and terminal cancer, where illness won’t go away but won’t kill you, so none of us know what ‘chronic illness’ means until we’re thrown into being sick forever.”Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of Tonic and This Week in Science delivered to your inbox.