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Peptides are the latest wellness trend – but do they work?
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Peptides are the latest wellness trend – but do they work?

Columnist and Health Peptides are the latest wellness trend – but do they work?A drug advisory committee in the US has recommended approval for several experimental peptides. Read more Your body changes as you age and…

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Mystery hominin left big footprints at ancient lake in Africa
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Mystery hominin left big footprints at ancient lake in Africa

Hatala Footprints left by eight ancient hominins 1.43 million years ago beside a Kenyan lake have puzzled researchers…

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Getting a bit more gas from the North Sea doesn’t matter climate-wise
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Getting a bit more gas from the North Sea doesn’t matter climate-wise

The only way to do that is to end our dependency on oil and gas – and all the fuss about whether the UK will allow…

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We’ve found the best example yet of an enormous wandering black hole
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We’ve found the best example yet of an enormous wandering black hole

Some, though, ought to have so-called wandering supermassive black holes closer to their outskirts, too, and…

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Your body changes as you age and so should your diet – here’s how
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Your body changes as you age and so should your diet – here’s how

Health Your body changes as you age and so should your diet – here’s how As you get older, your body’s response to…

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Eye implant that restores vision lost to age approved for use
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Eye implant that restores vision lost to age approved for use

This is the first time that such a device – which enables people with a type of severe vision loss to read letters,…

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How ultra-processed foods may damage your long-term brain health
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How ultra-processed foods may damage your long-term brain health

Columnist and Mind How ultra-processed foods may damage your long-term brain healthAn increasing number of studies…

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One of NASA’s crucial links to deep space is at risk of burning down
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One of NASA’s crucial links to deep space is at risk of burning down

We send commands to spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit and receive data from them using the Deep Space Network (DSN),…

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Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair themselves
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Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair themselves

In the video game and TV series The Last of Us, Cordyceps fungi evolve to infect humans and turn them into zombies,…

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Earth is heating up faster than at any time in its history
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Earth is heating up faster than at any time in its history

But how much hotter will it get, and what will that mean for life on Earth? To get a picture of our future, we can…

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Having a young biological age could help with weight loss
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Having a young biological age could help with weight loss

A new discovery suggests it may also aid with weight loss, possibly by making the body more efficient at switching…

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10 of the best pictures of solar eclipses throughout history
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10 of the best pictures of solar eclipses throughout history

For millennia, humans have been documenting their views as the moon moved between Earth and the sun, blocking out the…

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Most neurons seem to be jacks-of-all-trades, not specialists
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Most neurons seem to be jacks-of-all-trades, not specialists

There are place cells that fire in response to a particular location, mirror neurons that may help us interpret…

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We now know how a black hole can be flung across the universe
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We now know how a black hole can be flung across the universe

Space We now know how a black hole can be flung across the universeWhen researchers found evidence of a black hole…

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There are only a few anti-ageing supplements that actually work
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There are only a few anti-ageing supplements that actually work

Columnist and Health There are only a few anti-ageing supplements that actually workWhen it comes to supplements to…

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Can sounds make plants grow bigger? A start-up says they can
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Can sounds make plants grow bigger? A start-up says they can

If supported by further research, the work could expand scientists’ understanding of how plants perceive their…

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Strange paraparticles could be reality’s missing ingredient
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Strange paraparticles could be reality’s missing ingredient

Physics Strange paraparticles could be reality’s missing ingredientNeither matter nor force, paraparticles would be…

7/20/2026 · 12 min read · 19 views

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