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roosting bats

Environment

Super bats: What doesn’t kill them, could make us stronger

Bats are hosts to the deadliest viruses we know, but far from infecting humans they may actually hold secrets to improving our health and longevity

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sun energy

Physics

Space solar: The global race to tap the sun’s energy from orbit

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Words

Humans

How humans evolved language, and who said what first

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Kids

Health

Happy talk: How your language shapes your brain and personality

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Sitting woman

Humans

Our future language? English rulz OK, txtspk and mind-reading

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Kolisi

Environment

I want to bring dying languages back from the brink

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Lighthouse

Space

Galactic GPS: How dead stars will guide us in deep space

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Flavour

Health

The flavour factory: Hijacking our senses to tailor tastes

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Question mark

Humans

Who do you think you are? 4 rules can help you know yourself

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nuclear fusion

Physics

Nuclear fusion: Can the stellarator unleash the power?

For 50 years we've been trying to harness the process that powers the sun, with little progress. A new breed of leaner, meaner reactor could be the answer

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Health

Marathon mind: How brain training could smash world records

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Life

Solar system mysteries: Where can life exist?

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Space

Solar system mysteries: Why is the sun magnetic?

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Space

Solar system mysteries: What happened to Venus?

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