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Health

Rethinking our approach to BMI highlights the need for speed

We must find a balance between haste and getting mired in medical inertia

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Mathematics

Jeff Goldblum should make a film about this legendary mathematician

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Space

Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek

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Health

Personalised medicine is yet to deliver, but that must start to change

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Health

How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

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Physics

The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm

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Health

Melatonin gummies as sleep aids for children: What are the risks?

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Life

Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?

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Health

How your health is being commodified by social media

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Health

It would be a mistake to rush into an under-16 social media ban

Many countries are debating whether to follow Australia and ban social media for younger teenagers. But with more robust evidence on its harms coming, we shouldn't be too hasty

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Mind

Embracing sauna culture can lower dementia risk and boost brain health

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Health

Why biological clocks get our ‘true age’ wrong – and how AI could help

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Society

We were wrong about being able to ‘nudge’ people to improve the world

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Technology

The internet feels super lonely right now. Here’s why

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