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Health

We’re ignoring easy ways to encourage children to be physically active

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Health

When is the best time to exercise to get the most from your workout?

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Health

The remarkable science-backed ways to get fit as fast as possible

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Health

Why slow running could be even more beneficial than running fast

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Health

What is the optimal amount of exercise and how much is too much?

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Health

How to use psychology to hack your mind and fall in love with exercise

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Health

How fast do we get out of shape and is there a way to slow the loss?

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Health

How much exercise do children really need 鈥� and what type?

TOPSHOT - Fitness coach Gabrielle Friscira gives a lesson by videoconference in Saint-Remy-lHonore, west of Paris, on April 15, 2020, on the 30th day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

If your gym instructor is an iPad, what is lost 鈥� and gained?

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Leaders

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Health

We’re ignoring easy ways to encourage children to be physically active

Events like the Olympics and Paralympics can be inspiring. But to get more kids moving, we need to address the "enjoyment gap" by shifting the emphasis from competitive sport to activity and play

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Earth

Shock discovery reveals deep sea nodules are a source of oxygen

Sea-floor nodules raise oxygen levels in the deep ocean, suggesting they may have a valuable role in ecosystems and adding to concerns about the impact of deep-sea mining

Environment

Green belts around cities help keep them cool

Space

NASA’s cancelled moon rover calls 2026 crewed landing into question

Space

Universe鈥檚 missing matter may be explained by galaxies leaking gas

Health

Covid-19 hit women harder than men in India, unlike most of the world

Physics

How to unsnarl a tangle of threads, according to physics

Mind

From Pearl Jam to Dolly Parton, how musicians’ tempos change over time

Life

Sea slugs discovered working together to hunt in packs

Technology

Robot dog can stifle weeds by blasting them with a blowtorch

Space

A new formula for defining a planet still keeps Pluto out of the club

Space

Zombie galaxy came back to life after 20 million years

Health

Retinol’s anti-ageing effects may work by changing your skin microbes

Life

Chimps respond to each other at a pace similar to human conversation

Technology

Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof

Life

Watch bees defend their nest by slapping ants with their wings

Space

Moon of Saturn has an equivalent of freshwater rivers and salty oceans

Technology

Many people think AI is already sentient – and that’s a big problem

Chemistry

Hydrogel can preserve medications for weeks outside of a fridge

Humans

Butchered bones hint humans were in South America 21,000 years ago

Technology

Tiny solar-powered drones could stay in the air forever

Technology

Is sharing your smartphone PIN part of a healthy relationship?

Environment

Hurricane forecasts are improving 鈥� but big misses are still possible

Analysis

Life

Ants are incredible navigators – let’s celebrate their brilliance

Ants and other insects are capable of astounding navigational feats. Perhaps an appreciation of this could aid conservation efforts, says Robert Barrie

Aperture

25 Jinyun Quarries ? DnA_Design and Architecture

Earth

Epic images show old mines transformed into a library, lab and museum

Amazing images of an open-air library, underground lab and design museum show the reincarnation of dead mines, captured in a new book, 102 Things to Do With a Hole in the Ground

Features

Elementary School Pupils Running Near Climbing Equipment Running Towards Camera

Health

How much exercise do children really need 鈥� and what type?

Better fitness in children is linked to better cognition and health in later life, but the majority in the US and UK don't get nearly enough. Here's what parents can do

Health

How fast do we get out of shape and is there a way to slow the loss?

Health

How to use psychology to hack your mind and fall in love with exercise

Health

Why slow running could be even more beneficial than running fast

Health

If your gym instructor is an iPad, what is lost 鈥� and gained?

Health

What is the optimal amount of exercise and how much is too much?

Health

When is the best time to exercise to get the most from your workout?

Health

The remarkable science-backed ways to get fit as fast as possible

Culture

Members of the medical staff at the Elithair clinic conduct an artificial Intelligence analysis of Felix Hofmann's scalp and his hair roots.

Technology

A skilful primer makes sense of the mathematics beneath AI’s hood

Anil Ananthaswamy's Why Machines Learn: The elegant maths behind modern AI explores the mechanics of the AI revolution, but doesn't examine its ethics

Mind

快猫短视频 recommends: Pixar’s Inside Out 2

Mind

Nine profiles of neurodiverse people reveal rich and creative worlds

Technology

Period atmosphere is best part of game set on turbulent oil rig

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Space

What happens at a black hole’s edge? It depends on your perspective

To find out what happens at the centre of a black hole, we may need to consider its event horizon - and think about where we're looking from, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Mind

Are there times when we should cut ties with a toxic family member?

Tom Gauld on how to invent a subatomic particle

Twisteddoodles suggests a way to prevent catastrophe

Regulars

How a spot of coral cosplay helped put marine pollution on the map

Feedback is amused that marine researchers worried about microplastics dressed up as coral polyps and a Greek sea goddess to visit a Comic-Con. Their awareness-raising went down a storm

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Did abstract mathematics exist before the big bang?

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