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The ultimate guide to hydration and what you really should be drinking

Plain water, coffee or milk? Sports or energy drinks? Our ideas about what we ought to be drinking, and how much, are confounded by half-truths. Here's what the science says

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Why relaxation is as important as sleep - and six ways to do it better

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Why relaxation is as important as sleep - and six ways to do it better

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Homo floresiensis skull. Mould made from fragments of the skull of Homo floresiensis in Liang Bua cave, Flores, Indonesia. This newly discovered hominid species was found in Liang Bua cave in 2003. It was very small, measuring just over a metre tall, and is thought to be a descendant of Homo erectus that underwent island dwarfism - a process where isolated species that lack predators and are constrained by limited resources evolve to become smaller. It is thought to have become extinct around 12,000 years ago and therefore co-existed with modern humans (Homo sapiens).

Humans

The untold story of the curiously controversial Homo floresiensis dig

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Juice launch 14/04/2023 ESA?s latest interplanetary mission, Juice, lifted off on an?Ariane 5 rocket?from?Europe?s Spaceport?in French 09:14 local time/14:14CEST on 14 April 2023 to begin its eight-year journey to Jupiter, where it will study in detail the gas giant planet?s three large ocean-bearing moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. Juice ? Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ??is humankind?s next bold mission to the outer Solar System. This ambitious mission will?characterise Ganymede, Callisto and Europa with a powerful suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments to discover more about these compelling destinations as potential habitats for past or present life. Juice will monitor Jupiter?s complex magnetic, radiation and plasma environment in depth and its interplay with the moons, studying the Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giant systems across the Universe. Following launch, Juice will embark on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, arriving in July 2031 with the aid of momentum and direction gained from four gravity-assist fly-bys of the Earth-Moon system, Venus and, twice, Earth. Flight VA260 is the final Ariane 5 flight to carry an ESA mission to space.

Space

How the JUICE mission will look for habitability on Jupiter's moons

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Nowhere to hide: Data harvesters came for your privacy – and found it

Technology

Nowhere to hide: Data harvesters came for your privacy – and found it

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Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

Health

Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

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How we broke the water cycle and can no longer rely on rain to fall

Environment

How we broke the water cycle and can no longer rely on rain to fall

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A guide to cosmic fireworks, from stellar flares to black-hole beacons

Space

A guide to cosmic fireworks, from stellar flares to black-hole beacons

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Gesture is a uniquely powerful tool. Here's how to make the most of it

Mind

Gesture is a uniquely powerful tool. Here's how to make the most of it

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Saudi Arabian desert extreme heat experiment

Environment

Extreme heat: Inside the expedition to find out how humans can adapt

Climate change means extreme heat will become the norm for millions across the world. We joined an experiment in the Saudi Arabian desert designed to find out what that means for our brains and bodies

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Health

How working out your ageotype could help you live healthier for longer

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Physics

From time crystals to wormholes: When is a quantum simulation real?

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Environment

Sewage crisis: The truth about British rivers and how to clean them up

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Space

Does space-time remember? The search for gravitational memory

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