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Physics

How does the sun shine? Here's why we are still a little in the dark

The basics of how fusion works inside stars like the sun is more complicated than it is sometimes portrayed. We shouldn't be surprised that the details are imperfectly understood, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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W3T20D grinder with coffee cup on wooden background

Mind

How to use little rituals to boost your mental performance

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Why everyone should learn some sign language

Humans

Why everyone should learn some sign language

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The Woebot Labs Inc. application is demonstrated for a photograph in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, July 7, 2017. Woebot Labs develops health care software which offers a platform that makes therapy accessible and stigma-free for patient suffering from anxiety, depression, and mental health issues. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Health

I bonded with a quirky robot after chatting to it about my fears

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Have we got the science of obesity back to front?

Health

Have we got the science of obesity back to front?

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KUNMING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 30: A sign reading 'COP15' is set outside the Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center to welcome the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) on September 30, 2021 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Yang Zheng/VCG via Getty Images)

Life

China must lead by example to make the 2022 biodiversity talks succeed

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We must capitalise on the public's renewed focus on climate change

Humans

We must capitalise on the public's renewed focus on climate change

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Biologist E.O. Wilson with models of his life’s greatest subject, ants.

Life

E. O. Wilson: Extraordinary scholar who warned of biodiversity crisis

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My encounter with a different and deeply mysterious kind of corona

Space

My encounter with a different and deeply mysterious kind of corona

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The major science-fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong

Life

The major science-fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong

Plants play a starring role in sci-fi films surprisingly often, but the botany in movies like The Martian, Sunshine and Prometheus doesn't always stack up, writes James Wong

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Technology

2021 was the year cryptocurrencies went completely off the rails

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Environment

In this pivotal year, rich nations failed woefully on climate justice

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Health

Will New Zealand's smoking ban plan work if it ignores vaping?

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Humans

We’ll never understand the universe while we’re drowning in admin

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