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Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

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Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

How do you revive a burned koala? How many microplastics does a teabag release? Find out how well you've been paying attention with our fun festive quiz

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Rowan Hooper interviews super humans at New Scientist Live

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How to be superhuman: The science behind extraordinary abilities

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D’oh! Why human beings aren’t as intelligent as we think

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Angela Saini and Lilian Anekwe

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Race science: How dangerous and discredited ideas persist in biology

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Deliver us from evil: How biology, not religion, made humans moral

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Deliver us from evil: How biology, not religion, made humans moral

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Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

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Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

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Blood in a vial

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Two brain-rejuvenating proteins have been identified in young blood

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Angela Saini video interview: The return of race in mainstream science

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Angela Saini video interview: The return of race in mainstream science

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Someone smelling

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Breathing in before doing something may actually make you better at it

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How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

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How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

Even the most intelligent people can make ridiculous mistakes – but there are simple things all of us can do to act more wisely and avoid blinkered thinking

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New techniques may soon make designer babies a reality – are we ready?

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Exclusive: A new test can predict IVF embryos' risk of having a low IQ

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Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together

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Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise

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