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Physics

Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the universe in a completely different way than we do. Physicist Daniel Whiteson explores what that could tell us about physics and ourselves

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Health

Can magnesium supplements improve sleep, energy and concentration?

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Technology

Could a niche 80s technology be the key to better quantum computers?

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Technology

Why I have changed my mind about AI and you should too

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Health

Why the sleep industry has got us worrying about the wrong things

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Health

The surprising vaccine side effects that can improve long-term health

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Mind

Why our brains tune things out and how to overcome it when you need to

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Health

Ultra-processed foods could be making you age faster

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We need to get better at identifying postpartum depression in dads

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Life

Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains

Fungi have become Hollywood’s go-to bad guys. But as yet another story focuses on Cordyceps, Nick Crumpton says we are missing a chance to broaden our fictional horizons

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Technology

Why it’s high time we stopped anthropomorphising ants

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Space

Can we ever know the shape of the universe?

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Mind

Why self-expansion is the key to long-lasting love and friendship

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Environment

Why I’m still an environmental optimist – despite it all

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