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How many steps a day do you really need? Spoiler: It isn't 10,000

Health

How many steps a day do you really need? Spoiler: It isn't 10,000

Forget 10,000 steps a day. Modern sports science and evolutionary biology now tell us how much exercise the human body really needs

Features

A drug may prevent Alzheimer’s but there are no plans to find out

Health

A drug may prevent Alzheimer’s but there are no plans to find out

Analysis

UK campaigners protesting for access to the Orkambi in 2017

Health

A generic drug from Argentina offers cystic fibrosis families hope

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Technology

Working hypothesis: From Pokémon Sleep to David Camerson

Insight

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Technology

Experimental sci-fi expertly captures colliding realities

Culture

Science could learn a lot from Mona Chalabi’s mischievous chart art

Humans

Science could learn a lot from Mona Chalabi’s mischievous chart art

Culture

He Jiankui told scientists of his attempt to edit the CCR5 gene at a summit in 2019

Health

CRISPR babies might live shorter lives due to their gene mutations

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Earth

The mysterious diseases killing starfish, sea fans and shellfish

Culture

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Life

Chimps' ingenuity earns them a treat

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Health

Brain scans reveal magic mushroom drug enhances mindfulness meditation

Both meditation and psychedelic drugs can lead to more self-awareness and serenity. Now a study has found that combining the two seems to magnify the effect

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Life

Monkeys use their 'eagle' call to warn each other about drones

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Technology

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

Culture

Life

Chimpanzees eat tortoises after smashing them open on tree trunks

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Health

How antibiotic resistance is driven by pharmaceutical pollution

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