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DARMSTADT, GERMANY - MARCH 19: A student sits the English school leaving examination (Abitur) at the Berthold Brecht School on March 19, 2020 in Darmstadt, Germany. It is the first day of the university-entrance diploma exams in Hesse. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, all schools in Germany are closed, however, it has been decided that the Abitur should take place with the necessary safety precautions in place. Everyday life in Germany has become fundamentally altered as authorities tighten measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

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How your mental state and stress levels influence your skin

Understanding how stress can affect your skin could lead to reductions in conditions like acne and eczema

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A customer walks down a skincare aisle at an Ulta Beauty Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Ulta reported late Thursday??that its comparable sales rose 8.1 percent in the first quarter from??a year earlier. The increase was driven by all the right things: A booming 48 percent increase in digital sales,??as well as 5.1 percent growth in transactions and a 3 percent increase in average ticket. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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The only four skincare ingredients that have been proven to work

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Space

Is this the world’s toughest word search? We dare you to try it

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Health

The scientists on a mission to catch farts for the good of our health

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Humans

Survival of the wittiest: Could wordplay have boosted human evolution?

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Environment

The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity

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Physics

The wild physics that could actually be used to build a time machine

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Mind

Can you and your family solve these mind-bending scientific riddles?

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Mathematics

The surprising maths that explains why coincidences are so common

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Society

From enshittocene to virome, science and technology’s words of 2024

Here are 10 words that entered our vocabulary this year, capturing discoveries at the cutting edge of science, elusive emotions and the various ways technology is changing our lives

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Mind

How neuroscience can help you find the perfect children’s toy

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Environment

How a plan to make the world’s largest snowflake was humbled by nature

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Chemistry

The scientific secrets to baking the perfect holiday gingerbread

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Life

Pigeons are misunderstood: These little-known facts will prove why

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