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Health

No sweat: When, how and how much should I exercise?

Moderate or vigorous? Long or short? Every day, or binging at the weekend? There are a lot of ways to burn calories – but some make more sense than others

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Humans

Effortless thinking: Adapting our need to feel part of the gang

Features

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Health

Breathing pure oxygen could heal footballers with concussion

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Physics

How to beat the bookies by turning their odds against them

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Anti-doping agency to ban all gene editing in sport from 2018

Health

Anti-doping agency to ban all gene editing in sport from 2018

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Mountain-climbers in snowy , foggy landscape

Health

Little-known drug keeps climbers’ minds sharp at high altitude

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Lance Armstrong

Health

Blood doping: Were Armstrong and Russia wasting their time?

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The way we run protects our upper bodies but our legs suffer

Health

The way we run protects our upper bodies but our legs suffer

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Physics

Footballers move around pitch like chaotic particles in a fluid

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Technology

App lets stadium crowds display giant messages with their phones

The new app from IBM will let crowds automatically coordinates mass displays at big sporting events or protests using their smartphone cameras

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Technology

Electric shocks could help you perfect your running technique

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Health

How pregnancy could affect an elite athlete like Serena Williams

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Physics

Physics of shoelaces shows why they come undone when you run

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Technology

Robot volleyball machine helps Japan team practise attacks

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