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Humans

Mind maths: Your brain teeters on the edge of chaos

How come the cascades of impulses that spread throughout the brain don't turn into out-of-control avalanches?

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Mind maths: Your personal prediction machine

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Mind maths: Battles for attention fought in the brain

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Mind maths: The sum of consciousness

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Earth

Withering heights: Why animals are shrinking

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Physics

The quantum Sims: Matter’s deepest mysteries recreated

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Humans

Do get mad: The upside of anger

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Sleep and dreaming: Where do our minds go at night?

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Health

Sleep and dreaming: Slumber at the flick of a switch

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Sleep and dreaming: Why can’t we stay awake 24/7?

From fruit flies to dolphins, every creature needs its shut-eye. Why we sleep is one of the biggest mysteries in biology, though the clues lie in the brain

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Technology

Engineering light: Pull an image from nowhere

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Photosynthesis: Earth’s life support system

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Earth

Photosynthesis: Shaping the planet

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Photosynthesis: Frontiers

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