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SpaceX recently launched 60 satellites into orbit around Earth as part of its Starlink programme.
During times of stress and anxiety we either dream more or remember our dreams more often, as a way of coping with challenging circumstances and new information.
With people panic buying and supermarket shelves empty, the country’s ability to feed itself is being tested.
Research suggests the impact of dating apps depends on your local dating culture – and that varies hugely around the world.
The Goop Lab obscures the distinction between entertainment and evidence.
When it comes to love, science has not yet got it right. And there’s a wonderful reason why.
The trick is changing our actual behaviour, as well as our intentions.
With the promise of more periods of intense rainfall in years to come, what do we need to do to protect ourselves more from flooding in future?
The problems of climate change are not only problems of science and technology. They are also moral, ethical and spiritual problems about how we live our lives.
The collapse of the East German economy following unification has combined with racism and neoliberalism to feed far right support.
The likes of Alexa and Siri shouldn’t blindly aim to sound and behave like us - their voices need to reflect what they can actually do.
Vinyl records are set to become the largest source of revenue from physical music sales.
An anthropologist who interviewed Uighurs in China found different ways in which Chinese authorities used checkpoints, social media and smartphones to identify, categorize and control this group.
A shift in climate, along with other environmental disruptions and the invasion of competitors and new predators all likely played an important role in reshaping ancient elephants’ brains.
Charity law is quite strict when it comes to giving back donations that have already been made.
Whistleblowing on doping can and does have life-altering implications for athletes – new research.
With more cases of women such as Shamima Begum expected, the UK is under legal obligations to protect the rights of any children involved.
For the few cases that go awry, the main problems are pre-existing medical conditions and escape attempts.
Most people in Indonesia underestimate the effects of nepotism.
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