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Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work

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Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work

Mounting evidence suggests that humans may have the biological hardware to benefit from some aspects of hibernation. Switching on these mechanisms could treat cardiac arrest, boost longevity and help people travel further into space

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Carlo Rovelli at Cornilia Parker exhibition

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Carlo Rovelli on the bizarre world of relational quantum mechanics

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Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and X-ray composite image of the galaxy from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Array, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The magnetic fields align along the entire length of the massive spiral arms ? 24,000 light years across (0.8 kiloparsecs) ? implying that the gravitational forces that created the galaxy?s shape are also compressing its magnetic field. This supports the leading theory of how the spiral arms are forced into their iconic shape known as ?density wave theory.? SOFIA studied the galaxy using far-infrared light (89 microns) to reveal facets of its magnetic fields that previous observations using visible and radio telescopes could not detect. Credits: NASA/SOFIA; NASA/JPL-Caltech/Roma Tre Univ. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-to-shape-a-spiral-galaxy

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Did magnetism shape the universe? An epic experiment suggests it did

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How hacking your metabolism can help you burn fat and prevent disease

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How hacking your metabolism can help you burn fat and prevent disease

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Why ancient Nubia is finally emerging from Egypt’s long shadow

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Why ancient Nubia is finally emerging from Egypt’s long shadow

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Volunteers helping efforts to rescue glassware shattered in the Beirut explosion

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Piecing together the story of ancient glass after the Beirut explosion

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We are finally waking up to the causes of insomnia and how to treat it

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We are finally waking up to the causes of insomnia and how to treat it

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We are finally waking up to the causes of insomnia and how to treat it

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We are finally waking up to the causes of insomnia and how to treat it

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Rebecca Wragg Sykes on the objects that reveal the Neanderthal mind

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Rebecca Wragg Sykes on the objects that reveal the Neanderthal mind

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Nature, nurture, luck: Why you are more than just genes and upbringing

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Nature, nurture, luck: Why you are more than just genes and upbringing

Your genes and environment play a big part in forming you, but there is an unexplored third element at play too: luck. The chance events that shape your brain in the womb may influence who you become as much as your genetics, and perhaps even more than the effect of parenting

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Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw confront the black hole information paradox

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Vegan pet food: Can cats and dogs be happy and healthy without meat?

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Lori Garver on why NASA is returning to the moon for the wrong reasons

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NASA is planning a permanent moon base. What will it take to build it?

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