Being in a relationship really does seem to make you fatter
14 March 2018
A massive study has found that couples tend to have healthier lifestyles than single people, but that doesn’t stop them from piling on the pounds
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$10m prize to let you feel what a distant robot is feeling
14 March 2018
The ANA XPrize Avatar Challenge wants anyone to be able to control a robot and carry out tasks from 100 kilometres away
Polar melt may shut down the Atlantic current that warms Europe
14 March 2018
Melting Arctic ice flooding into the Atlantic could put the ocean circulation that warms Europe in danger, triggering dramatic sea level rise and drought
Two herbivores gang up and silence a plant's cries for help
14 March 2018
Caterpillar presence mutes broccoli's production of chemicals that attract aphid parasitoids, allowing both pests to wreak havoc
Feedback: Goob, the lifestyle brand written by predictive text
14 March 2018
Home of the Chicago Dad Soothing Mortgage Advice Salve. Plus: rainbow-infused water, the dirty business of keeping a mountain clean, and more
The Genius Within: How to be smart in the 21st century
14 March 2018
Boosting IQ is a hot topic in self-improvement. But a riveting new read leaves some big questions hanging
The shocking truth of Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments
14 March 2018
Milgram dismayed the world when he revealed how little it took to turn everyday people into torturers – but we were misled
New shades: The controversial quest to 'fix' colour blindness
14 March 2018
Worldwide, 300 million people lack full colour vision. We try out a pair of specs that aim to "fix" colour blindness, and ask if that's something we want to do
How concrete and condoms could turn a greenhouse gas green
14 March 2018
We need to suck CO2 from the air to solve the climate crisis, but what do we do with it? A budding industry is turning the gas into useful stuff
The pint-sized pygmy sloth found only on one island in the world
14 March 2018
This adorable sloth is almost half the size of its mainland sibling and is found only on Escudo de Veraguas, off the coast of Panama, but it's critically endangered
