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Mind

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓÆµ Live: should we zap our brains to boost our abilities?

At our festival of science this September, Nick Davis will be exploring how we can make our brains work better – and whether we know what we’re getting ourselves into

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Health

An ‘obesity virus’ could be to blame for many people being overweight

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Space

Massive lake of water found beneath Mars’ south pole could host life

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Technology

Is North Korea really scrapping its nuclear weapons programme?

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Environment

Warming Arctic could be behind heatwave sweeping northern hemisphere

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Space

Spectacular new photos of Titan show Saturn’s moon like never before

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Technology

Japanese computers may go haywire when the emperor abdicates

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Space

We could find life on Europa by just scratching its surface

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Physics

We might only see time because we can’t think in quantum physics

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Environment

There are more suicides in US and Mexico when the temperature rises

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Space

Passing star may have disturbed the solar system billions of years ago

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Physics

The sun shrinks and grows again by 2 kilometres every 11 years

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Technology

Movie studio AI predicts who will like a film based on its trailer

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Health

Just a few drinks during pregnancy might be enough to lower future IQ

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Environment

Cape Town drought was made three times more likely by global warming

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Humans

Fewer baby boys were born after three major earthquakes in Japan

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Humans

Neanderthal hand axes were also used as lighters for starting fires

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Life

Ocean acidification could leave fish unable to smell their prey

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Life

Climate change is forcing geese to give up pit stops when they migrate

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Technology

Smart bandage sees when wound is infected and treats it automatically

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Health

Deaths from liver disease have been rising since the financial crisis

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Physics

Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

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Life

First snake found in amber is a baby from the age of the dinosaurs

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Technology

Robotic grabber catches squidgy deep sea animals without harming them

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Health

Blood test detects melanoma skin cancer while it’s easily treatable

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Environment

If we’re in the Meghalayan, whatever happened to the Anthropocene?

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