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Mind

Our astonishing brain is hard to figure out – and that's fantastic

It can seem a Herculean task to establish even basic facts about the human brain, but without its mind-boggling complexity we wouldn't be nearly as amazing

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Endolysins

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Endolysins

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Mind

Explaining consciousness and the other biggest mysteries of your brain

Features

Species - chimpanzees

Definition

What is a species?

How did life begin?

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How did life begin?

Barbara McClintock

People in Science

Barbara McClintock

Carl Linnaeus

People in Science

Carl Linnaeus

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Life

What makes a good smell? Inside a multibillion dollar aromatic mystery

Features

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Health

How getting more daylight can improve your mental and physical health

Features

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

Technology

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

The trailer for the new season of Netflix's Black Mirror suggests the show will continue to capture our collective disquiet about technology – this time with a stellar new cast including Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott

Culture

Mind

The parenting myth: How kids are raised matters less than you think

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Life

Sea otters are bouncing back - and into the jaws of great white sharks

News

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Life

Underwater tests reveal sharks may be smarter than you think

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