G20 needs a new approach to tackle the changing…
The UK has an opportunity to revolutionise the way the G20 operates as a problem-solving body.
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Neuroscience offers new insights into how our…
Trying to understand how the brain is so good at focusing on one conversation has kept auditory neuroscientists occupied since the 1950s.
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Your brain may be doing its most important work…
Filling every spare moment with a podcast, message or social-media scroll may deny the brain a useful window for consolidating new memories.
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How a little stress may help our cells protect…
Small challenges can activate cells’ protective systems. Scientists are exploring whether food compounds and medicines can make use of this…
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How a ‘psychic’ horse named Clever Hans changed…
You might be surprised by how many researchers who went on to make important contributions considered whether animals could have telepathy.
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Are zoos ready for the changing climate?
The species most at risk may not always be the ones we expect.
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An astronomer on what it’s really like to…
How my understanding of the night sky was transformed by observing stars with a hi-tech telescope.
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The death of dark energy is a false alarm – the…
A recent paper claimed that dark energy might not exist. But new research suggests this conclusion was premature.
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Putting out wildfires: how peat restoration has…
New research measures the effectiveness of peat restoration on wildfire risk.
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