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Lack of sleep may cause anxiety by making us less adaptable to threats
People who were deprived of sleep overnight didn't seem to adapt to being in a potentially threatening space, which may help explain the lin
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Why banishing irrational numbers could trigger a revolution in quantum theory
Irrational numbers have underpinned quantum mechanics for a century. Removing them could eliminate its strangest features and trigger the bi
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Diabetes drug metformin may halve the risk of dementia
Taking metformin, a type 2 diabetes drug, has been linked to a lower risk of dementia over the following decades, but the association isn't
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How much water do you really need to drink to keep your brain sharp?
Water is essential for good brain function, with a handful of convincing studies suggesting that dehydration could be slowing you down, cogn
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Dice discovered that solve decade-long mathematical problem
After years of searching, mathematicians have found dice that can allow five players to fairly decide who moves first in a board game, with
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From back pain to cancer, how the interstitium could transform medicine
For centuries, we’ve ignored the interstitium, but research is now revealing that this body-wide network of fluid is instrumental to our hea
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Plastic bottles can be turned into edible, vanilla-flavour cookies
Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic pollution are created each year. One option may be to turn the pollution into food, but critics vo
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‘Off the charts’ El Niño is already the strongest since records began
Renowned climate scientist James Hansen says the developing super El Niño has already "blown past" previous events with months to go before
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Greenland meltwater is intensifying European heatwaves
The cooling of the North Atlantic is creating waviness in the jet stream and high-pressure ridging over Europe, a study finds
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Burns improve more rapidly after treatment with fish skin
Severe burns are often treated with synthetic products ahead of skin graft surgery, but there is evidence that a product made from minimally
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Super El Niño could lead to mega CO2 emissions from Indonesian fires
Intense fires are already burning in Indonesia, and there could be much worse to come as the Super El Niño ramps up
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How long could we possibly live? A new estimate is mind-boggling
Biogerontologists are exploring the upper limit for human life. A recent study has it verging on two centuries – but columnist Graham Lawton
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Strange gamma-ray signal could unlock dark matter’s secrets
Researchers spotted an unusual gamma-ray signal in three galaxy clusters, which may be a telltale sign of dark matter – or some even more ex
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Will personalised mRNA vaccines transform cancer treatments?
A personalised mRNA cancer vaccine has produced positive results in a final-stage trial involving skin cancer, raising hopes that this appro
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Two emerging tick viruses that can be deadly are spreading in the US
Heartland virus and Bourbon virus, which are transmitted by lone star ticks, have killed at least seven people in the US
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Depression doesn’t shrink the brain like we thought it did
For the past decade, depression has been linked to a shrunken hippocampus, which has a vital role in memory. But a large study using up-to-d
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NASA calls off rescue effort to save doomed telescope
The Swift observatory will now re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in a few months, after a mission to boost it higher failed
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AI firms are watermarking generated text – here’s why it won’t work
AI companies have begun embedding watermarks in the output of their models to improve transparency and help crack down on misinformation, di
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Calling ADHD a myth is pseudoscientific and dangerous
ADHD is a real condition that can have serious consequences if undiagnosed. An ill-informed documentary that suggests it is a modern, social
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It is finally time to talk about the impact of fluctuating hormones
For decades, women have felt the need to hide the impact of changes in their hormones, while scientists have excluded women from research to
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This sci-fi novel is a riveting tale of an oppressive galactic empire
A rich widow, a disillusioned cop and a dim hypersled driver are caught in the machinations of the oppressive party ruling the Decurion Empi
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Stunning image of a polar bear with an outsized snack wins major award
Roie Galitz's breathtaking shot is one of the winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, praised for its unusual perspective and scale
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Twisteddoodles on distribution graphs (with added cats)
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
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Tom Gauld on popularity in the lab
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoonTom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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