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Health

Covid-19: The story of a pandemic

A timeline of the coronavirus pandemic, from the first cases in China in December 2019 to 300 million vaccine doses delivered (and counting)

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Health

Cold-water swimming: What are the real risks and health benefits?

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Environment

Covid-19 hit biodiversity across the globe. Here’s how to fix things

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Physics

Quantum weirdness isn’t weird – if we accept objects don’t exist

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Environment

How our abuse of nature makes pandemics like covid-19 more likely

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Physics

Did time flow in two directions from the big bang, making two futures?

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Mind

The hidden rules that determine which friendships matter to us

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Environment

How to spend a trillion dollars to fix climate change and end poverty

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Humans

The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

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Health

Metabolism myths: 7 things we get wrong about diet and exercise

Despite what you might have heard, your body is not a simple calorie-burning engine you can tweak at will to keep trim and stay healthy. Here are seven metabolic misconceptions you need to know

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Humans

Do telomere length tests really reveal your biological age?

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Environment

Elizabeth Mrema interview: We have to be optimistic about biodiversity

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Environment

Our impact on Earth’s ecosystems and biodiversity – in graphics

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Environment

Ten conservation success stories when species came back from the brink

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