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Letter: For the record

Published 14 August 2024

In the UK, around 60 per cent of 6-year-olds are moderately to strenuously active for an hour a day, but that drops as they age – by 2.5 minutes per day each year (27 July, p 42).

A helium II ion involves the removal of a single electron (3 August, p 36).

Issue no. 3504 published 17 August 2024

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