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Stay informed with commentary and opinion pieces on the latest issues in science, technology, health and the environment, written by expert 91av journalists and world-leading researchers and thinkers.

Health

Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

Turmeric is heralded for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but columnist Alice Klein finds that the evidence for this is shaky. Taking high doses of its curcumin extract in supplement form can be risky

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Technology

Q-Day could destroy bitcoin – and our retirement savings

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Life

Capitalism has warped our understanding of ecology and life’s origins

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Health

Will lab-grown sperm let infertile men have children of their own?

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Mind

Why your brain needs plenty of “Aha!” moments

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Health

How ageing on Earth mimics the effects of space travel

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Life

PMOS shows us why many scientific terms need to be renamed

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Technology

The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

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Health

The 3 things you need to know about protein, according to an expert

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Space

The hidden pockets of the universe where the future can cause the past

Inside some very special black holes, there may be a boundary called a Cauchy horizon. Columnist Leah Crane explores the place beyond which physics breaks and anything is possible

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Mind

Where do you think your ‘self’ is? Your answer is revealing

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Technology

3 things you need to know about quantum computers, from an expert

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Physics

Science doesn’t have a monopoly on good ideas

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Health

PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS, and it’s a momentous move

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