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Physics

Essence of reality: Hunting the universe’s most basic ingredient

Drill down past molecules, atoms, and fundamental particles and where do you end up? We might finally be about to find out

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Physics

One time or another: Our best 5 theories of the fourth dimension

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Health

Three ways to find your purpose in life and reap the benefits

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Technology

Encryption wars: The privacy debate raging in your smartphone

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Environment

Embryonic education: How learning begins long before birth

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Humans

I could speak a different language every week for a year

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Health

Drilling into my skull and injecting stem cells helped my stroke

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Health

A meaning to life: How a sense of purpose can keep you healthy

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Space

When computers were human: The black women behind NASA’s success

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Life

Breath of life: Did animals evolve without oxygen?

By suffocating sponges and searching underwater lakes we're overturning the story of how complex life began on Earth

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Health

Cellular recovery: How self-help could aid the damaged brain

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Space

Katherine Johnson: The brilliant woman who got the US into space

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Physics

Mapping the multiverse: How far away is your parallel self?

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Earth

The paradox powering Earth’s magnetic field

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