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Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

Physics

Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

We assume our senses see reality as it is - but that could be just an evolved illusion obscuring the true workings of quantum theory and consciousness

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Health

A type of antibiotics can cause hearing loss - and now we know why

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Mind

How people with extreme imagination are helping explain consciousness

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Damaged sense of smell fixed in mice by squirting stem cells up nose

Health

Damaged sense of smell fixed in mice by squirting stem cells up nose

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Life

What makes a good smell? Inside a multibillion dollar aromatic mystery

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Life

We still don't know how some animals find their way on huge migrations

Culture

Inability to distinguish odours could be a sign of ill health

Health

A bad sense of smell predicts early death but we don’t know why

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Humans

Find tonic water bitter? Part of your brain may be on the small side

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Health

The ultimate kitchen: the Danish food lab designing our future meals

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Seeking the perfect cocktail? Let science be your bartender

Your fizz lost its fizz and your sling its swing? Using network theory and a dash of psychology, �鶹��ý has created drinks recipes to leave you shaken and stirred

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Technology

Computer chip will sniff your armpits and tell you when you have BO

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Mind

The truth behind ASMR and the craze for videos causing 'head orgasms'

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Technology

Electric chewing gum zaps your tongue to create a virtual flavour hit

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Life

The colour blind octopus that mastered the art of disguise

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