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Cheers! Saying thanks is good for you and those around you

Mind

Cheers! Saying thanks is good for you and those around you

The fad of privately recording your gratitude in a journal was all the rage, but it turns out if you actually pass on your thanks to others, the benefits are multiplied

Features

Hoar frost on rose

Environment

Six spectacular ice phenomena to look out for this winter

Features

quantum world artwork

Physics

The quantum trick that can help you live a better life – probably

Features

planet Earth

Environment

Despite all the grim news, the world is becoming a better place for us

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Life

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2018’s science stories

Regulars

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Humans

Toys are us: How childhood objects may have shaped human history

Features

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling

Life

How busting some moves on the dance floor is good for your brain

Features

mortal engines film

Life

Don't miss: a game to make you suffer and a new post-apocalyptic film

Culture

The best fiction and sci-fi of 2018 to wrap or read this Xmas

Life

The best fiction and sci-fi of 2018 to wrap or read this Xmas

Culture

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Environment

Green Christmas: How to have an ethical and guilt-free festive season

If you celebrate Christmas, it doesn't have to be a feast of rampant consumerism and devastating gluttony. Read our guide to cleaning up your Yule

Insight

Physics

Women in physics: Why there's a problem and how we can solve it

Features

Comment

Why Dorothy Hodgkin should be pictured on the UK’s new £50 note

Comment

Space

Review of The First: A gripping and gritty tale of Mars exploration

Culture

Comment

Scientists should use their clout to get a less bad Brexit for all

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