“We’re all mad here.”
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“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” To understand the universe, we need more Mad Hatter mathematicians.
Head in the iCloud?
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The risk smartphones pose to our memory is overblown, but they do get in the way of us making more detailed and authentic memories.
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Technology can only go so far in making sense of our vast and intricate atmosphere.
More than a feeling?
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On tablets and laptops, people are turning to ASMR videos to unwind in the digital age.
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The moon is our closest neighbour and our best hope for building capacity to explore space.
Don’t scratch it!
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Mosquitoes are picky about who they bite but it’s not actually “us” that they’re smelling when they choose their next meal…
Down House: the home (and garden) of Charles Darwin.
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Was Darwin inspired by the tropical wildlife of his travels to discover natural selection? Actually, pigeons, worms and barnacles were far more prominent in his thinking.
Only you can prevent hothouse earths.
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What can we expect from our future climate after looking at the ‘Hothouse Earths’ of the past?
We’re gonna need an even bigger boat.
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Megalodons are the latest Hollywood monster to leap out of the fossil record, but what else is lurking in prehistoric seas?
Say what?
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Be sceptical when it’s claimed that a language has ‘no word for X’ or ‘50 words for Y’.
Charles Darwin.
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Strange frond-like sea creatures are among the planet’s earliest animals, but new research dates them and the entire animal kingdom to much earlier than first thought.
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The precarious nature of housing and work for millennials is making motherhood more challenging.
Wind turbines at dusk.
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Our energy supply underpins everything we do – so why is it exempt from the fair trade arguments used for food and clothing?
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Every day we throw away plastic and every day we’re reminded of its environmental impact. Why can’t something be done about it?
Taste the rainbow.
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More and more people are trying veganism, but how does the human body respond to losing animal products from its diet?
A healthy weight means a healthy heart.
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Your weight during your youth could have an effect on your heart for the rest of your life.
There’s one!
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Elusive and mysterious by nature, ordinary people are revealing the secrets of the UK’s octopuses.
Pregnant women may often feel uncomfortable about confronting male smoking indoors.
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A new study warns that while active smoking is rare among pregnant women in developing countries, their exposure to secondhand smoke is a major public health crisis.
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High altitude images of Earth’s surface can illustrate events occurring on a grand scale to the public.
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Tech fixes to environmental problems are guaranteed to grab attention, but real change for the planet requires community organising.
Smiles all round for Britain’s adders.
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It’s a bumper year for lizards, a mixed bag for butterflies and a dismal time for frogs and toads …
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Mounting reports of norovirus symptoms point to a summertime outbreak, which could mean big trouble for an already struggling NHS.
The 2018 cast of Love Island.
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Reality TV shows depicting relationships are popular, but a tolerance of abusive behaviour is also being exposed to a wide audience – including younger viewers.
Gone phishin’.
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Cybersecurity is an increasingly relevant concern in our society, but pop culture tells us virtually nothing useful about it.
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Energy experts are getting excited about a proposed solar farm in Kent and what it could mean for a clean energy future.