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Life

How do we make the most of our time? The power of confronting death

Our species' unique awareness of our own mortality can create a nagging sense that we are wasting our time – but leaning into the fact that our time is finite can transform the way we approach life

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Earth

How long does evolution take? It happens on two different timescales

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JILA?s three-dimensional (3-D) quantum gas atomic clock consists of a grid of light formed by three pairs of laser beams. A stack of two tables is used to configure optical components around a vacuum chamber. Shown here is the upper table, where lenses and other optics are mounted. A blue laser beam excites a cube-shaped cloud of strontium atoms located behind the round window in the middle of the table. Strontium atoms fluorescence strongly when excited with blue light.

Physics

Jun Ye interview: What use is the world’s most accurate clock?

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8 Can we live without time?

Mind

Can we live without time? Not if we value a solid sense of self

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Physics

Will we ever unite physics? Clocks in superposition could offer clues

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Physics

Will time ever end? The answer lies in the death throes of the cosmos

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Physics

What is time? The mysterious essence of the fourth dimension

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Physics

Could we ever go back in time? Relativity does not rule it out

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3 How Do We Sense Time? Mechanical brain, conceptual image. Composite image of coloured medical imagery of a human brain and skull, with cogs and gears representing concepts such as memory, time and mechanical brains. The imagery includes 3D computed tomography (CT) scans of the skull and 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain. The scans are of a 30-year-old woman.

Mind

How do we sense time? The brain cells that order our memories

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Virunga Volcanoes National Park at dawn. Rwanda, Africa

Life

Saving Virunga’s endangered gorillas with green power and chocolate

Poaching, illegal farming and rebel groups make Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo one of the most dangerous places to practice conservation, but inventive schemes are helping rangers empower people and conserve wildlife

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Society

The rise of computer-generated, artificially intelligent influencers

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Health

We are finally starting to understand brain fog and how to treat it

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Mind

Can you take the trip out of psychedelics and still treat depression?

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Environment

Fast fashion is ruining the planet – here’s how to make it sustainable

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