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Health

How your microbiome is shaped by your friends, family, lovers and pets

We used to think the microbiome was mainly formed when we were babies but who you choose to live with later in life will shape the inhabitants of your gut

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Space

Why the next solar eclipses are a unique chance to understand the sun

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Health

How we get high: Unlocking the secrets of the endocannabinoid system

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Mind

Free will: Can neuroscience reveal if your choices are yours to make?

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Health

Can we finally reverse balding with these new experimental treatments?

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Environment

How to reach net zero five times faster

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Space

Dark stars: Have we finally found a weird sun powered by dark matter?

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Mind

Why being more open about mental health could be making us feel worse

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Technology

How scientists are cracking historical codes to reveal lost secrets

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Health

Is CBD a wonder drug or waste of money? Here’s what the evidence says

Claims about the health benefits of cannabidiol have outpaced credible research, but CBD does show some real promise

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Society

Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

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Environment

Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US’s iconic prairies?

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Physics

An alternative way to picture the standard model of particle physics

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Physics

A brief history of the standard model, our theory of almost everything

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