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Our diet is changing faster than our biology

The human body evolved for an environment that no longer exists, and that has led to some of the greatest health challenges of our time

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Life

How I made a slime mould the protagonist of my new sci-fi novel

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Space

The cosmic coincidences that made our universe – and us – possible

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Mind

How to build powerful microhabits for your wellbeing – and keep them

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Humans

Why our common ancestor with chimpanzees keeps getting further away

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Life

These dinosaur fossils reveal that T. rex wasn’t the only king

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Environment

Unexpected hints of dark matter should breathe life into particle physics

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Physics

The danger of viewing the cosmos as a mirror that shows us ourselves

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Technology

I made a free AI chatbot solve a decade-long maths problem in 13 minutes

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A firefighting airplane operates to extinguish a wildfire on Salamina Island, Greece, 16 August 2026. Two people were killed in Peristeria as fires burned in the Peristeria and Selinia areas, prompting evacuations and a major firefighting operation. Coast guard and firefighting vessels were deployed in preparation for possible evacuations by sea.

Environment

Why the extremes of climate breakdown will continue to take us by surprise

The relentless heatwaves that have hit the northern hemisphere this summer have made the climate threat real for many – but preparation and adaptation will take us only so far

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Physics

Jim Al-Khalili: Everything you need to know about time

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Physics

Are you made of real-world quarks or virtual-world qubits?

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Health

Should we all be taking low doses of lithium to prevent Alzheimer’s?

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Physics

Einstein thought time dilation was both real and not – he was right

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