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Hormone replacement therapy isn't for everyone

21 September 2022


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More good reasons to stop burning wood at home

21 September 2022


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Defining what constitutes a 'new' species isn't straightforward

21 September 2022

Even at this time of rapid extinction, there are many species to be discovered, but we need to take care over what we mean when referring to "new species", says Penny Sarchet


To encourage sustainability, we must remember we are apes, not angels

To encourage sustainability, we must remember we are apes, not angels

21 September 2022

If we want to change our consumerist society, we need greener status signals that appeal to our animal instincts, says Solitaire Townsend


Tom Gauld on a mathematician in jail

Tom Gauld on a mathematician in jail

21 September 2022

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon


Twisteddoodles on missing electrons

Twisteddoodles on missing electrons

21 September 2022

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


Nature, nurture, luck: Why you are more than just genes and upbringing

Nature, nurture, luck: Why you are more than just genes and upbringing

21 September 2022

Your genes and environment play a big part in forming you, but there is an unexplored third element at play too: luck. The chance events that shape your brain in the womb may influence who you become as much as your genetics, and perhaps even more than...


Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw confront the black hole information paradox

Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw confront the black hole information paradox

20 September 2022

The particle physicists explain the latest thinking on what happens to the stuff that falls into black holes – and what it reveals about the deepest structure of the universe


DART spacecraft

NASA is ready to knock an asteroid off course with its DART spacecraft

20 September 2022

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test is preparing to crash into the asteroid Dimorphos in an attempt to change its orbit


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Plan to cut Ethereum energy use sees miners switch cryptocurrencies

20 September 2022

The Merge, a long-awaited update which promised to slash Ethereum’s vast energy consumption, has instead pushed miners towards other cryptocurrencies


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