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Physics

The maths problems that could win you a million dollars

Six of the seven Millennium Prize problems remain unsolved, but cracking any one of them would be a major – and financially rewarding – achievement

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Physics

Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

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Dennett

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Why your brain is like a conscious termite colony

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Earth

Everest is not the world's tallest mountain – and here's why

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Humans

Smart-reading: How to read faster and comprehend more

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Health

Cholesterol wars: Does a pill a day keep heart attacks away?

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Cholesterol wars: We may be fighting the wrong enemy

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Spotless mind: Manipulating the brain to rewrite memories

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Leonard Colebrook

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Sibling heroes from the dawn of antibiotics

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Life

The great extermination: How New Zealand will end alien species

New Zealand's unique fauna are under threat from alien invaders. It has ambitious plans to wipe out all rats, stoats and possums by 2050, but can it be done?

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Physics

Essence of reality: Hunting the universe's most basic ingredient

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Physics

One time or another: Our best 5 theories of the fourth dimension

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Health

Three ways to find your purpose in life and reap the benefits

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Technology

Encryption wars: The privacy debate raging in your smartphone

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