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A fresh understanding of tiredness reveals how to get your energy back

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A fresh understanding of tiredness reveals how to get your energy back

Radical new insights from the science of interoception – how the body senses its internal state – explain the real reasons we feel tired all the time, and how to re-energise

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A man in a mask important to his folklore

Humans

The epic scientific quest to reveal what makes folktales so compelling

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The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

Physics

The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

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The critical computer systems still relying on decades-old code

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The critical computer systems still relying on decades-old code

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The cosmic landscape of time that explains our universe's expansion

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The cosmic landscape of time that explains our universe's expansion

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The alarming rise of colorectal cancer diagnoses in people under 50

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The alarming rise of colorectal cancer diagnoses in people under 50

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Why the world’s longevity hotspots may not be all they seem

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The research that will help you not suck at digital communication

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The research that will help you not suck at digital communication

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Mummified Wolf Pup found at Last Chance Creek

Life

Permafrost mummies are unlocking the secrets of prehistory

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PR1RKC Resting T lymphocytes. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of resting T lymphocytes from a human blood sample. T lymphocytes, or T cells, are a type of white blood cell and components of the body's immune system. They mature in the thymus. T lymphocytes recognise a specific site on the surface of pathogens or foreign objects (antigens), bind to it, and become activated to produce antibodies or cells to eliminate that antigen. Specimen courtesy of Professor Greg Towers, University College London, UK. Magnification: x7000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Inside the new therapies promising to finally beat autoimmune disease

Type 1 diabetes, IBD, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, coeliac disease and lupus are all caused by the body attacking itself. But new therapies that reset the immune system could offer lasting help

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Life

The story of mirror life: From intriguing idea to unprecedented threat

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Environment

Why geologists can’t agree on when the Anthropocene Epoch began

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Humans

We’re uncovering a radically different view of civilisation’s origins

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Earth

We are finally getting to grips with how plate tectonics started

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