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Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions

Mind

Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions

Felt time can speed up and slow down, depending on circumstances, because our perception of duration is intrinsically linked to the mental states induced by our physiological responses to the world

Features

A Moderna covid-19 vaccine is prepared

Health

Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response

News

Commuters at St Pancras International train station in London, England, in May

Health

Covid-19 news archive: May 2022

News

The female body is misunderstood and this is why, says Rachel E. Gross

Humans

The female body is misunderstood and this is why, says Rachel E. Gross

Features

Fascia: The long-overlooked tissue that shapes your health

Health

Fascia: The long-overlooked tissue that shapes your health

Features

People queue for a PCR covid-19 test in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 30 November 2021

Health

Covid-19 news archive: April 2022

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A person at a covid-19 test centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK, on 21 December

Health

Covid-19 news archive: March 2022

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baby

Humans

Shoulder growth may slow during human development to make birth easier

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How fossil footprints are revealing the joy and fear of Stone Age life

Humans

How fossil footprints are revealing the joy and fear of Stone Age life

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Bronze age settlement

Humans

Ancient Britons rapidly evolved to cope with lack of sunlight

The DNA of people who lived in Great Britain thousands of years ago has markers of natural selection at work – and the driving force seems to have been a shortage of vitamin D

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Humans

Family tree of extinct apes reveals our early evolutionary history

News

Health

Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

News

Health

Leaded petrol may have lowered the IQ of over half the US population

News

Health

Interoception: This ‘sixth sense’ could be key to better mental health

Features

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