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Trump's war on science: Canadian researchers on how to fight back

For a decade, Canadian scientists battled a sinister federal campaign to control and silence them. Now that the US has an even more extreme anti-science leader, veterans of that conflict tell Chantal Da Silva that their southern counterparts must resist early and loudly

How skin-to-skin contact could save the lives of premature babies

A shortage of incubators and a hunch about marsupials inspired a Colombian paediatrician to try something radical to save premature babies’ lives. Now some doctors believe that constant skin-to-skin contact with parents is not only cheaper than hi-tech neonatal care – it may be better as well. Lena Corner reports

A mother's story of how a paedophile groomed her daughter

Tired of the endless rows, Hannah H finally gave in to the demands from her 11-year-old daughter to have a Facebook account. Little did she know that she had opened the door to a paedophile who lived in her town  – and the events that followed were life-changing. She explains how easily he gained her daughter's trust and how little she knew about protecting her online

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