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Environment

Could undersea living be the future as sea levels rise?

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea living became a reality. Rowan Hooper tells us how it happened

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Health

Dark chocolate is rich in flavanols. Does that make it a health food?

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Technology

Storm clouds threaten a promised AI revolution in weather prediction

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Mind

How to boost your brain power just by changing how you breathe

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Environment

Hiking parking costs is a great way to reduce car usage

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Physics

How dark energy findings may inspire a new generation of physics nerds

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Life

What if we could experience life as another species?

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Physics

Why physicists keep trying to get rid of space-time entirely

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Blue Origin/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15255350a) Texas, USA: New Shepard-31 Capsule Recovery with the crew : Katy Perry, American Singer, Aisha Bowe, American aerospace engineer, Lauren Sanchez, American presenter and companion of Jeff Bezos, Kerianne Flynn, American Producer, Gayle King, American journalist, and Amanda N. Nguyen (Amanda Nguyen), Activist. Suborbital launch system and landing mission. This suborbital flight, the 31st in the New Shepard program and the 11th crewed, will extend Blue Origin's initiative to democratize access to space, having already carried 52 people beyond the Karman line. USA. Blue Origin All-Women Crew Historic Space Launch, Texas, USA - 14 Apr 2025

Society

Does science have a future in the US?

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Mind

The supplement that really can improve your brain health

Most supplements that claim to help your brain have never been thoroughly tested, but one has convinced even the most discerning scientists of its worth, finds columnist Helen Thomson

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Environment

Are ordinary people fighting a losing battle to go green?

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Health

Should your menstrual phase dictate what you eat and how you exercise?

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Physics

Why I still love reckoning with the quantum gravity problem

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Physics

Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s getting fatter

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