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Strength

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Strength

Our strength comes from the forces generated by our muscles. These make up about 40 per cent of a typical man's body mass, and around 30 per cent of the average woman's, though these percentages decrease in older age.

Diet and exercise will keep your brain young – depending on your genes

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Diet and exercise will keep your brain young – depending on your genes

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Orangutans

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Orangutans and other great apes under threat from covid-19 pandemic

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Diets do help you lose weight - but the benefits usually don't last

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Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females

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Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females

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Soya protein can help make lab-grown beef with the texture of meat

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Soya protein can help make lab-grown beef with the texture of meat

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A plastic cow in a petri dish

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Lab-grown meat

Seafood

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Neanderthals feasted on seafood and nuts according to fossil remains

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The coronavirus owes its name to the crown-like projections that encircle the capsid.

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Is your salad going to kill you?

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Is your salad going to kill you?

Plants need nitrates for good growth, but they can also accumulate in leaves of crops like rocket. So are foods like this safe to eat, wonders James Wong

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Our guts may sense sugar and low-calorie sweeteners differently

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Health

Is running or walking better for you? Here’s what the science says

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This week’s new questions

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We now know how much our genes influence the risk of contracting HIV

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