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Health

Why controversial ideas in science shouldn't always be dismissed

Researchers suggesting that the keto diet could treat mental health conditions find themselves uncomfortably aligned with people like vaccine-sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr, but that is not a reason to reject the idea

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Technology

Superintelligent machines may well need us after all

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Life

Capitalism has warped our understanding of ecology and life’s origins

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Life

PMOS shows us why many scientific terms need to be renamed

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Physics

Science doesn't have a monopoly on good ideas

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Life

David Attenborough is one of a kind, for better or worse

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Health

Long covid reveals the harm of one-size-fits-all medical treatment

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Environment

Why your opinion of used electric vehicles is probably wrong

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Physics

The biggest threat to Chernobyl is no longer radiation

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Technology

We urgently need to prepare for quantum computers breaking encryption

The maths problems that secure your online bank transactions and emails may soon be undermined by quantum technology. It’s imperative we act now, before it’s too late

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Environment

The Iran war is exposing the huge risks in our food system

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Mind

Want to live forever? There are major questions to confront, first

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Technology

The success of machine mathematicians shows us how to be OK with AI

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Health

How a midlife tune-up could help prepare you for a healthy old age

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