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ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 31 : A worker uses a metal cutter on a rail on Ankaray subway line during night shift in Ankara, Turkey on March 31, 2018. Long rapid transit line of the Ankara Metro system has been operating for 23 years. Ankaray operates approximately 180 runs on daily basis, with 11 cars. Length of the transit line reaches about 9 kilometers. Night shift workers compete against time while cutting old rails and replacing them with the new ones until the first run in the morning. (Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Health

Night-shift workers who eat only in the day may cut diabetes risk

People who work overnight are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, but the risk may be reduced by eating only between 7am and 7pm

News

A top (dorsal) view of a day 16-19 human embryo

Health

Donated embryo offers rare glimpse of development after implantation

News

photographic memory

Life

Did you know? Fewer than 100 people have a photographic memory

Regulars

alcohol

Definition

Alcohol

Why do we yawn?

Question

Why do we yawn?

Your leg muscles automatically act to stop you falling when you trip

Humans

Your leg muscles automatically act to stop you falling when you trip

News

Why it’s the aliens living inside you that create your sense of you

Humans

Why it’s the aliens living inside you that create your sense of you

Features

Old books bound in human skin make for spooky Halloween reading

Humans

Old books bound in human skin make for spooky Halloween reading

Culture

Bad balance: why dangerous falls are on the rise around the world

Health

Bad balance: why dangerous falls are on the rise around the world

Features

Death: A special report on the inevitable

Humans

Death: A special report on the inevitable

The only certain thing in life is that it will one day end. That knowledge is perhaps the defining feature of the human condition.

Features