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Health

I can tell you how to heal yourself with hypnosis

We all hypnotise ourselves everyday but we don't always get it right, says Laurence Sugarman, who believes it can take healthcare to a new level

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Humans

Key moments in human evolution happened far from our Africa home

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Health

Cancer’s penicillin moment: Drugs that unleash the immune system

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Physics

Bigger than the Higgs, bigger even than gravitational waves…

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Life

Microbe CSI: How to read the air for clues at crime scenes

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Humans

A new kind of logic: How to upgrade the way we think

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Health

The crying game: How tears can work for you

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Physics

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

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Health

Premature birth: How its effects can stay with you for life

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Humans

Web of lies: Is the internet making a world without truth?

Everyone knows the web is full of hoaxers, but you're not fooled, are you? Don't be so sure – we're seeing reality reshaped like never before. Here's what to do

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Earth

The big carbon clean-up: 2 steps to stop global warming at 1.5 °C

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Environment

Five wild animals that won’t do it in cages

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Environment

Playing Cupid to get reluctant corals in the mood for love

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Physics

Making antimatter matter: A particle that could be both at once

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