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Health

A better understanding of our hormones and sleep could improve both

Health

Why your chronotype is key to figuring out how much sleep you need

Health

The surprising relationship between your microbiome and sleeping well

Health

How best to catch up on rest and pay off your sleep debt

Space

The physicist trying to build humanity’s lunar future with moon dirt

Health

Why sleep quality is so important 鈥� and so difficult to measure

Health

The new science of sleep: How to sleep better whatever your lifestyle

FRANCE. Paris. Magnum office. 2009. Left to right: Magnum photographers Bruce GILDEN, Carl DE KEYZER, Patrick ZACHMANN.

Health

What nine sleep researchers do to get their best night’s rest

A traveller sleeps on a bench with a suitcase at Cyprus' Larnaca International Airport on June 9, 2020. - Cyprus opened back up for international tourism on June 9, with airports welcoming visitors after an almost three-month shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, with a bold plan to cover health care costs for visitors. (Photo by Iakovos Hatzistavrou / AFP) (Photo by IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

How to shift your circadian clock to beat your jet lag

Leaders

Health

Wake up to the bigger picture on how to get a better night鈥檚 sleep

We often obsess about nighttime routines for good sleep, but mounting evidence shows that what we do during our waking hours is also important 鈥� a more holistic view that could ease the modern pressure to create a perfect environment for when our heads hit the pillow

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Space

James Webb captures a beautiful smattering of blue stars

The striking blue stars of the Leo P dwarf galaxy appear dashed across the lower right corner of this image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

Physics

A cosmic shape could explain the fundamental nature of the universe

Health

Mind-controlled robotic arm lets people with paralysis touch and feel

Environment

Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2

Humans

Celtic tribe’s DNA points to female empowerment in pre-Roman Britain

Technology

Tiny insect-like robot can flip, loop and hover for up to 15 minutes

Physics

Ultra-thin material creates a magnetic mystery

Space

Mars may have a solid inner core like Earth does

Environment

Zero-carbon shipping fuel could be a new source of pollution

Technology

Humanoid robot learns to waltz by mirroring people’s movements

Humans

Ancient society may have carved ‘sun stones’ to end volcanic winter

Physics

Laser technique measures vast distances with nanometre precision

Life

Rabbits may eat their own teeth to boost their calcium intake

Space

Astronomers baffled by bizarre ‘zombie star’ that shouldn’t exist

Life

Giant isopod named after Darth Vader is a delicacy in Vietnam

Environment

Melting ice reveals millennia-old forest buried in the Rocky mountains

Space

A supermassive black hole is sending out a mysterious pulsing beat

Humans

Intricate ancient tattoos revealed by shining lasers on mummies

Health

Golden oyster mushrooms may stave off signs of ageing

Life

Fossil claimed to be new species of mosasaur is suspected forgery

Analysis

Space

Blue Origin vs SpaceX: Who is winning the battle of the rockets?

Blue Origin and SpaceX both launched rockets on 16 January, but while Jeff Bezos's company saw a launch success with New Glenn, Elon Musk's Starship exploded. What does this mean for the future of the space industry?

Health

Do we actually know what a healthy gut microbiome looks like?

Aperture

Life

Fancy pigeons flaunt their feathers in this striking photo series

Photographer Luisa Maria Stagno is on a mission to document the most unusual pigeons out there, from a Danish Suabian to a Gimpel

Regulars

Features

Health

The new science of sleep: How to sleep better whatever your lifestyle

We all know the tired old advice about how to get the best night's rest, but it can be hard to follow in the real world. A more personalised and holistic approach could help

Health

Why your chronotype is key to figuring out how much sleep you need

Health

Why sleep quality is so important 鈥� and so difficult to measure

Health

The surprising relationship between your microbiome and sleeping well

Health

What nine sleep researchers do to get their best night’s rest

Health

A better understanding of our hormones and sleep could improve both

Health

How to shift your circadian clock to beat your jet lag

Health

How best to catch up on rest and pay off your sleep debt

Space

The physicist trying to build humanity’s lunar future with moon dirt

Culture

Paul Jutte (L) and Alexa Johnson (R) of Cincinnati, Ohio, counter a counter-protest of a Women's March rally against the National Rifle Association by conservative gun rights activists on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan

Society

What should we do about societal divisions that run deeper than ever?

Kurt Gray's new book Outraged is a clear and insightful look at our society's deep divides, with valuable tips on building bridges

Technology

New Tom Hanks film fails to wow despite the cutting-edge tech

Technology

快猫短视频 recommends Spike Jonze鈥檚 eerily prescient 2013 film Her

Mind

Severance is still the most thoughtful, complex show on television

Mind

The human sense of smell is quite good, and matters more than you know

Smell is often dismissed as a less important sense, but it makes our lives much more vivid, says Jonas Olofsson

Physics

Why we should talk about invisible matter, not dark matter