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A nurse prepares a shot for Jonathan Halter as the German embassy begins its roll out of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for German expatriates at a Beijing United Family hospital in Beijing, China January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Health

Covid-19 'emergency' ended in 2023 but the virus still lingers

On 5 May, the World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus was no longer classified as a "public health emergency of international concern", its highest alert level, but the virus is still evolving

News

Do animals dream and if so, what about?

Life

Do animals dream and if so, what about?

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Humans

Test your brain with this fiendish set of museum-themed puzzles

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Captain Edward Kean stands on his boat in front of an iceberg in Bonavista Bay on June 29, 2019 in Newfoundland, Canada. - Iceberg water, considered pure, is now marketing for a unique sector of high-end products.

Environment

Arctic cowboys: Meet the people wrangling icebergs for drinking water

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

Environment

The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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Earth

The magnificent medieval map that made cartography into a science

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15 mind-bending scientific riddles to enjoy solving with your family

Mind

15 mind-bending scientific riddles to enjoy solving with your family

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The future of AI: The 5 possible scenarios, from utopia to extinction

Technology

The future of AI: The 5 possible scenarios, from utopia to extinction

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Science and technology's newest words and what they tell us about 2023

Environment

Science and technology's newest words and what they tell us about 2023

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Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

Physics

Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

For 100 years, we have puzzled over the purpose of biophotons, low-level radiation emitted by all plants. Precision studies of lentils now hint that it could be a form of quantum communication

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Physics

Make these four classic cocktails and become a fluid dynamics expert

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Chemistry

How to use 'flavour bridging' to cook a bizarre but tasty holiday meal

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Space

Strange alien worlds suggest Earth could survive the death of the sun

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Life

Inside the milk bank creating infant formula for orphaned animals

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