The perfect slow running pace is one where you can still easily have a conversation.
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Slow running may burn more fat compared to running at a faster pace.
Dragonfire laser system test firing.
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Operating the DragonFire laser system for ten seconds costs the equivalent of using a heater for an hour (less than £10 per shot).
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The policy was announced in response to a report that found a culture of “catastrophic safeguarding failures”.
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Placebos are the closest thing to magic that medicine has discovered.
An estimated 150,000 workers took part in strike action on January 18.
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The record strike action comes amid an ongoing political crisis in Stormont.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, a city on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east.
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Putin is planning to bring a mass tourism industry to Russia’s wild far east.
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Human behaviour is often irrational if viewed through the lens of “classical” physics and probability theory.
Adolescence is an age when people are particularly vulnerable to mental health problems.
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New research looking at data from 200,000 children in Wales has found a substantial increase in mental health issues.
An artist’s impression of the the NGC 1851E binary system, looking over the shoulder of the dark mystery companion star.
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It’s too heavy to be a neutron star and too light to be a black hole. So what is it?
Social media is rife with images of idealised bodies – which can negatively affect wellbeing.
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Around 28% of men struggle with their body image.
Christina Applegate, diagnosed with MS in 2021, received a standing ovation for her appearance at the Emmys 2024 awards ceremony.
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MS can be a challenging disease but a healthy, active lifestyle and medical therapies can help manage the symptoms – and offer hope to those living with the condition.
Violent chaos: security forces occupy a prison in Esmeraldas in northwestern Ecuador.
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Poverty, insecurity and a naive and misguided drugs policy have led to a virtual civil war in Ecuador.
Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro wants a new approach to the war on drugs.
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Colombia’s current president, Gustavo Petro, is pushing for a new global approach to drug addiction and use.
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Dancing boosts wellbeing and reduces absenteeism and presenteeism.
Because caffeine is water and fat soluble, it’s able to exert its affects on many parts of the body.
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Caffeine is the most consumed psychoactive substance globally.
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The rules on what counts as taxable income haven’t changed.
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The liver has remarkable self-healing powers. But it has limits, so don’t abuse it.
The entrance to For All Mankind’s Happy Valley.
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In sci-fi depictions, extraterrestrial habitats have evolved tandem with scientific understanding of conditions on planets
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The tech elite’s obssession with upgrading humanity offers a grandiose narrative to distract from today’s more pressing challenges and injustices.
Judges arrive for the hearing of the genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, January 2024.
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The crime of genocide was first established in law by a Polish Jew who had fled the Nazis and wanted to hold them to account for the Holocaust.