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Physics

What if there was no big bang and we live in an ever-cycling universe?

There is no good evidence that our universe even had a beginning, a startling proposition that means the cosmos could collapse in about 100 billion years

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Mind

The misunderstood personality trait that is causing anxiety and stress

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Technology

Outshining fossil fuel: Your guide to the revolution in solar energy

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Physics

Inside the race to find the first billion-digit prime number

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Health

Have we found the true cause of diabetes, stroke and Alzheimer’s?

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Technology

How to suck water from desert air and quench the planet’s thirst

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Mind

Neuroscientist Ed Boyden is decoding the brain with the power of light

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Life

Undiscovered dinosaurs: We are entering the golden era of fossil finds

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Physics

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

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Space

After years of sexism in space we urgently need more female astronauts

Getting more women into space is essential if we're ever to run longer missions or even set up colonies off-planet. To do so we need a better understanding of how human bodies will cope in outer space

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Physics

The age of giant particle accelerators like the LHC may be over

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Earth

James Lovelock at 100: The creator of Gaia theory on humanity’s future

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Health

How to trick your mind to break bad habits and reach your goals

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Environment

The super fly that could feed us, end waste and make plastic and fuel

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