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Longer life, flying, mind-bending drugs: Dreams that science made real

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Longer life, flying, mind-bending drugs: Dreams that science made real

Robert Boyle's 17th-century wish list of innovations shows the world-changing power of basic research – and why we must invest more in it, says historian David Cannadine

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Takeaway food packaging may be source of synthetic chemicals in blood

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Takeaway food packaging may be source of synthetic chemicals in blood

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Volcanoes and Wine: Why a match made in hell tastes like heaven

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Volcanoes and Wine: Why a match made in hell tastes like heaven

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Gamechanger: L. X. Beckett’s latest sci-fi novel lives up to its name

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Gamechanger: L. X. Beckett’s latest sci-fi novel lives up to its name

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What the quark?! Why matter's most basic building blocks may not exist

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What the quark?! Why matter's most basic building blocks may not exist

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BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly

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A strange new type of crystal is made of fluid tied into knots

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A strange new type of crystal is made of fluid tied into knots

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The Institute by Stephen King leads a revolutionary sci-fi reboot

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The Institute by Stephen King leads a revolutionary sci-fi reboot

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Coated paper holds secret messages that can be erased with a hairdryer

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Plastic tea bags shed billions of microplastic particles into the cup

Making a cup of tea with a plastic teabag releases around 11.6 billion microplastic particles in a single cup

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Tall twisting tower is made from wood that shapes itself as it dries

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Don't Miss: Interplanetary paranoia, green buildings and anxious art

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What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality

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