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Mind

Why spending time near water gives us a powerful mental health boost

We have long known that connecting with nature in green spaces is great for our mental health. Now fresh research is showing that time near water – by the coast, rivers and even fountains in the park – is even more restorative

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Looking up through water at boy dipping in a rock pool

Life

Rock pooling with an expert reveals all manner of evolutionary marvels

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Mathematics

How many knots exist? A new computing trick is untangling the answer

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Environment

Bees vs wasps: Which insect is really worthy of all the buzz?

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Space

7 big questions the James Webb Space Telescope is about to answer

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Society

Sophie Howe on how to fight for future generations in politics

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Mind

How to understand your inner voice and control your inner critic

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Environment

Can we beat climate change by geoengineering the oceans?

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Health

A longevity diet that hacks cell ageing could add years to your life

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Physics

Ten years after the Higgs discovery, what now for particle physics?

After the Higgs, the Large Hadron Collider was expected to find other theorised particles. It didn’t, but particle physicists are optimistic about a new era of experiment-led exploration

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Health

Personalised cancer vaccines are finally beating hard to treat tumours

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Life

How climate change is knocking natural events wildly out of sync

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Space

Feryal Özel on what the first two pictures of black holes tell us

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Mind

Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions

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