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Health

How a new way of thinking about fat could transform your health

Body fat, often reviled, is actually a vital organ that contributes to your health and well-being. It is time for us to stop vilifying fat and to start exploring how we can harness its power

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Physics

The forgotten women of quantum physics

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Adolf Hitler

Humans

Analysing Hitler's DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing useful

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Sperm are selfish – and so are we

Life

Sperm are selfish – and so are we

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GEGPJC XX Chromosome concept. Female Heterogametic Sex. 3d illustration.

Health

Finally wrangling with the complexity of female bodies benefits us all

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UCLA students, researchers and demonstrators rally during a

Society

Is the future of education outside universities?

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Humans

Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins

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UNITED STATES - MAY 9: An inverted image of the U.S. Capitol is reflected in puddle on the East Front on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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The Trump administration is playing peekaboo with reality

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Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy

Society

Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy

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Physics

The fascinating story of the ultimate cosmic law

How do we know the speed of light – and why does it have a speed limit at all? Leah Crane explores the history of one of the most important numbers in the universe

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Space

Sorry, but interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS really is a comet, not aliens

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Owning our own data is the only way to stop enshittifcation

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Environment

Tough choices lie ahead when it comes to climate change adaptation

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Space

The end of US support for the CMB-S4 telescope is devastating

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