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Our fascination with monsters tells us a lot about ourselves

Mind

Our fascination with monsters tells us a lot about ourselves

From serpents to zombie pathogens, there is science behind our love of monsters. It reveals a lot about who we are, says Natalie Lawrence

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How Star Trek-style replicators could lead to a food revolution

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Rejecting standard cancer treatment like Elle Macpherson is a big risk

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We need transparency from the companies disseminating misinformation

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Never mind the health benefits, there are green reasons to stop vaping

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We will one day be able to slow, halt and even eradicate Alzheimer's

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How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

Environment

How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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Chandra X-ray Observatory

Space

Why we need to save the Chandra space telescope

After 25 years in orbit, the Chandra X-ray Observatory is under threat. We need to protect this monument to human ingenuity, argues Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Environment

The 1.5°C target is dead, but climate action needn't be

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Life

We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

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Life

If we could talk to whales, what might they say?

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Environment

The crisis in our oceans shows how quickly climate chaos can strike

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