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Albert Einstein famously warned that without bees mankind would only have another 100 years to live. The number of hives in Europe and the US has dramatically declined in recent years. Yet, in South America, the bee population is increasing - but for how long, asks Barbara Buchanan.

Can these New World bee colonies survive parasites, pesticide use and other threats which have decimated their Northern Hemisphere cousins?

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Ten years ago Ginny Fraser was given six months to live after being diagnosed with stage IV melanoma – a deadly form of skin cancer.  She recovered against the odds, and now provides a coaching service to help other people diagnosed with cancer. 

Her book Overcoming Cancer: 24 Stories of Triumph and Hope is available now.  

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Charles Byrne talks about how his Buddhist practice enhances his work as a professional psychiatrist.

Working in a hospital in the West of Ireland, he finds that Buddhist theories offer a profound understanding of the human psyche, increasing his ability to help his patients heal.

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A 13-year-old boy in New York State has used the so-called "divine" mathematics of the Fibonacci sequence to create a more efficient way to collect solar energy.

His tree-shaped design outperforms the standard flat panel model, particularly during winter months, and has been awarded a provisional US patent. 

Submitted by Annie Peck

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Cases of malignant melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, are rising faster in the UK than any other form of cancer. The figures are particularly high in younger people, which experts say is due to so-called ‘binge sunbathing’.

Louise Ellis tells her story in The Daily Mail of being diagnosed with a lentigo maligna melanoma, which developed from a harmless looking freckle.

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Medication can do much to alleviate the symptoms of illness that make your life miserable. But there is also the risk of side-effects. 

US pharmacist Suzy Cohen claims that everyday medicines might be adding to your health woes by ‘stealing nutrients from your system or preventing their absorption’, making you feel worse, or even causing other conditions.

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A chimpanzee is filmed using an unusual method to retrieve a peanut from a glass tube! The chimp's antics were filmed by scientists as part of a modern day rerun of the old Aesop's fable in which a crow fills a container with stones in order to drink the water inside.

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