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Mind

Why you should slow down your brain’s ageing – and how to do it

Many of us have a brain that is older than our years. But there are plenty of things you can do to counteract this, says neuroscience columnist Helen Thomson

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Visual impression of the ultra-high energy neutrino event observed in KM3NeT/ARCA. The colours indicate the light seen by the ?eyes? on each module, where the different colours represent different observation times. The almost horizontally reconstructed track of the particle is shown as a line from right to left. Courtesy KM3NeT.

Physics

Why particle physicists are going wild for a record-breaking neutrino

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PPW5E4 The Nose art installation in St. Lorenz, Austria

Health

How we could achieve dog-level sense of smell – and what it would mean

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High quality 3D rendered image, perfectly usable for topics related to big data, global networks, international flight routes or the spread of a pandemic / computer virus. Textures courtesy of NASA: https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/55167/earths-city-lights, https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/73934/topography

Technology

How Moore's law led us to a flawed vision of the future

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Physics

Why exactly is the quantum world so weird?

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Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) perched on Bempton cliffs. Yorkshire, UK. Cute bird portrait in spring.; Shutterstock ID 2162124261; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Environment

A spat over sand eels threatens puffins and other iconic seabirds

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How does astronomy fit into astrophysics – and does it matter?

Physics

How does astronomy fit into astrophysics – and does it matter?

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GDKEG6 Oil refinery at twilight

Technology

How the future rise of AI lawyers could force Big Oil to pay up

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2YJ64RA . Benedetta Cappa Marinetti (Benedetta) (Rome 1897 - Venice 1977) Velocit? di motoscafo, 1919-1924 Oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm

Society

How futurism took an abrupt right turn in the 20th century

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F7WX9A Adult Eurasian Lynx / Eurasischer Luchs ( Lynx lynx ) rests on a pretty thin branch, looks alert.

Environment

Rewild the UK with lynx soon? Not a cat in hell’s chance, sadly

Various projects aim to reestablish lynx as a wild species in the UK after being absent for centuries, but those involved face formidable hurdles, finds Graham Lawton

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Physics

Why we should talk about invisible matter, not dark matter

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Technology

Could spider silk be the answer to sustainable fashion?

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Humans

Ancient humans understood the future and the past pretty much as we do

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Environment

There's a new way to make everyday products without using fossil fuels

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