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Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues

Health

Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues

As the winner of the Longitude prize on antimicrobial resistance is announced, chair of the prize committee Martin Rees, the UK's Astronomer Royal, explains why it pays to reward ideas

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Evidence of consciousness in newborns has implications for their care

Humans

Evidence of consciousness in newborns has implications for their care

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Race is a social construct, but racism can cause real biological harm

Society

Race is a social construct, but racism can cause real biological harm

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Why we can't afford to ignore the world's smallest freshwater bodies

Life

Why we can't afford to ignore the world's smallest freshwater bodies

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To stay alive, try being more female

Health

To stay alive, try being more female

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Why a new literary prize for climate fiction will make a difference

Environment

Why a new literary prize for climate fiction will make a difference

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Why criticisms of the proposed Anthropocene epoch miss the point

Earth

Why criticisms of the proposed Anthropocene epoch miss the point

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The unexpected effects of nostalgia on our health and at work

Mind

The unexpected effects of nostalgia on our health and at work

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Why we need to modernise our emotional relationship with cancer

Health

Why we need to modernise our emotional relationship with cancer

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Why we need to change the way we think about exhaustion

Health

Why we need to change the way we think about exhaustion

One in five adults worldwide is living with fatigue. The general advice is to “do more” - but this isn’t the only solution to our exhaustion epidemic, says Amy Arthur

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Why nutrition needs to be on the educational agenda

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Health

Why it is time for a longevity revolution

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Space

Some of the greatest cosmic discoveries have come about by accident

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Health

Why our genetic code should remain off-limits to life insurers

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