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An optical illusion where colours of different sizes and shapes can make one appear larger than another even if it is not. This illusion was used in the study

Mind

You could train your brain to be less fooled by optical illusions

Shifting your focus could help you overcome the trickery of optical illusions

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Fast food

Health

Adding extra protein to ultra-processed foods helps reduce overeating

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Society

NOAA cancels monthly climate and weather update calls

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Life

Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like

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Kakhovka dam after its destruction

Environment

Destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam left behind a toxic legacy

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Space

NASA may have to cancel major space missions due to budget cuts

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The Maquan River, the upper section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows through the Tibetan Plateau

Humans

Ancient humans lived in an 'uninhabitable' climate 25,000 years ago

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Technology

Revealed: How the UK tech secretary uses ChatGPT for policy advice

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Mars appears light blue in this near-infrared image from the Hera spacecraft, with its moon Deimos represented by a dark mark towards the centre of the image

Space

Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos

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Environment

California isn't clearing forests fast enough to tame wildfires

To reduce the growing risk of intense wildfires, California is cutting and burning the areas that fuel them – but these efforts may be moving too slowly

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Space

Quartz crystals on Mars could preserve signs of ancient life

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Health

The 13 drugs and supplements that could slow brain ageing

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Space

See a shimmering hourglass-shaped star system in exquisite detail

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Humans

Ancient face bones offer clues to identity of early humans in Europe

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