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Mathematics

Jeff Goldblum should make a film about this legendary mathematician

Paul Erdős was one of the most prolific mathematicians to ever live, known for showing up at the door of others in the field and declaring they should host and feed him while they do maths together. His radical life should be immortalised by Hollywood in a comedy biopic, says columnist Jacob Aron

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Space

Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek

Health

Personalised medicine is yet to deliver, but that must start to change

Health

How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

Physics

The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm

Health

Melatonin gummies as sleep aids for children: What are the risks?

Life

Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?

Health

How your health is being commodified by social media

Health

It would be a mistake to rush into an under-16 social media ban

Mind

Embracing sauna culture can lower dementia risk and boost brain health

Columnist Helen Thomson investigates the neurological benefits of saunas, and how heat therapy can have anti-inflammatory effects throughout the body

Health

Why biological clocks get our ‘true age’ wrong – and how AI could help

Society

We were wrong about being able to ‘nudge’ people to improve the world

Technology

The internet feels super lonely right now. Here’s why

Life

How – and why – we chose the best 21 ideas of the 21st century