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Health

Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

Turmeric is heralded for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but columnist Alice Klein finds that the evidence for this is shaky. Taking high doses of its curcumin extract in supplement form can be risky

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Technology

Q-Day could destroy bitcoin – and our retirement savings

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Health

Will lab-grown sperm let infertile men have children of their own?

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Mind

Why your brain needs plenty of “Aha!” moments

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Health

How ageing on Earth mimics the effects of space travel

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Technology

The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

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Space

The hidden pockets of the universe where the future can cause the past

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Mind

Where do you think your ‘self’ is? Your answer is revealing

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Physics

Why do particle physicists like spending time in fields?

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Mathematics

The mathematician who doesn’t exist

A secret society of French mathematicians has been revolutionising the field of mathematics under a pseudonym for nearly a century. Columnist Jacob Aron finds that this mythic collective provided maths a rigorous and useful foundation, and did some real harm along the way

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Space

The problem of cosmic inflation and how to solve it

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Health

Honey has been used as medicine for centuries – does it really work?

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Physics

An unorthodox version of quantum theory could reveal what reality is

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Health

We may finally have a cure for many different autoimmune conditions

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