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Mathematics

The secret to guessing more accurately with maths

What do a 20th-century physicist, an 18th-century statistician and an ancient Greek philosopher have in common? They all knew how to extrapolate with incredible accuracy. Columnist Jacob Aron explains how to combine their methods to improve your ability to guess

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Space

Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it

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Physics

Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

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Can magnesium supplements improve sleep, energy and concentration?

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Technology

Could a niche 80s technology be the key to better quantum computers?

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The surprising vaccine side effects that can improve long-term health

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Mind

Why our brains tune things out and how to overcome it when you need to

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Ultra-processed foods could be making you age faster

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Technology

Why it's high time we stopped anthropomorphising ants

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Space

Can we ever know the shape of the universe?

The shape of the cosmos depends on a balance of two competing forces: the pull of gravity and the expansion driven by dark energy. Columnist Leah Crane explores what observations tell us about how much universe is out there and whether it’s shaped like a sheet, a saddle or something else entirely

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Mind

Why self-expansion is the key to long-lasting love and friendship

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Mathematics

Jeff Goldblum should make a film about this legendary mathematician

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Space

Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek

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Physics

The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm

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