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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (13403526q) Demonstrators with the Millions Missing organization gather outside of the White House on September 19, 2022 to call for urgent governmental action for the millions of people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long-term COVID, and other infection-associated, complex- chronic diseases. Civil Disobedience Health Care Protest At White House, Washington, d.c., United States - 19 Sep 2022

Governments must stay in it for the long haul on long covid research

Lingering symptoms after a covid-19 infection remain a problem for millions of people. Nations need to renew efforts to find treatments for them and help prevent yet more cases

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Space

Our hunt for alien life needs solid guidelines for clear-cut success

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Humans

How archaeologists can decide if prehistoric artefacts count as art

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Physics

Our sketchy understanding of the big bang is ripe for reimagining

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Health

Focusing on health rather than disease will make us all feel better

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Environment

What South Australia can teach the world about cutting carbon fast

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Health

How mental effort can build a cognitive reserve against brain ageing

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Technology

How to balance energy-hungry AI with the drive towards decarbonisation

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Myths about the microbiome abound – but the truth is more interesting

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51��s tackling the question of free will must take great care

Biologists join a long line of thinkers and scientists who have investigated free will. They must be wary of a common pitfall: the temptation to seek out evidence that supports pre-existing moral views

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Health

To improve mental health, we must do more than just raise awareness

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Health

Cannabis for medical use is soaring but the research is lagging behind

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Physics

Physicists can complete our amazing, imperfect picture of reality

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Humans

How artefacts are found tells its own story – if we want to hear it

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