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MARSEILLE, FRANCE - APRIL 20:Views of the cave paintings Cosquer cave in Marseille before the official opening the 4 june on April 20, 2022 in Marseille, France. As the replica cave officially opens its doors to visitors on June 4,2022,a team of archaeologists and divers are racing to save the ancient underwater cave paintings from climate change and marine pollution in south-east France. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)

Humans

Cave paintings of mutilated hands could be a Stone Age sign language

Palaeolithic hand stencils with missing fingers could indicate ritual mutilation or frostbite – but new research suggests they might be trying to tell us something

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DNA molecule. Polygenic tests can reveal your future risk of many diseases

Health

New DNA tests predict your disease risk – are we ready for them?

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Jonathan oppenheim

Physics

The physicist betting that space-time isn't quantum after all

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TXBTRF 3d rendered medically accurate illustration of amyloid plaques on a alzheimer nerve cell

Health

Restoring the brain’s mitochondria could slow ageing and end dementia

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Ginger kitten playing with a cardboard box.

Life

Surprising new research on cats will make you see yours in a new light

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3d illustration. Set of a three small laboratory test tubes with different colored liquids on an isolated background. Science and laboratory equipment concept.

Chemistry

The surprisingly useful liquids that mop up gases like a sponge

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This new version of quantum theory is even stranger than the original

Physics

This new version of quantum theory is even stranger than the original

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NAKURU, RIFT VALLEY, KENYA - 2021/10/17: A view of a submerged Roberts Camp after the unprecedented rise of water levels in Lake Baringo. The flooding situation in Rift Valley lakes exacerbated by climate change has led to displacement of thousands of people from their homes and work. There are growing calls for world leaders to put more effort in addressing the effects of climate change. Communities living near the catchment areas in the global south are the most affected. (Photo by James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Environment

Lake levels are rising across the world and climate change is to blame

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Should you have children? The true costs and benefits of parenthood

Society

Should you have children? The true costs and benefits of parenthood

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The amazing ways electricity in your body shapes you and your health

Health

The amazing ways electricity in your body shapes you and your health

Your cells crackle with electric signals that guide embryonic development and heal wounds. If we can learn to tweak this “bioelectric code”, we might be able to prevent cancer and even grow new limbs

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Physics

The CERN particle accelerator that will breathe new life into physics

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Life

How climate change is forcing animals that mate for life to break up

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Space

We're hurtling into a new region of interstellar space. What now?

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Technology

Understanding human intentions will be the next big breakthrough in AI

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