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Mind

Our brain 'swivels' to focus on sounds from different directions

Many mammals physically pivot their ears to hone in on a particular sound, and now it seems that a similar action takes place in our brain

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Cannabis extract found to be effective for lower back pain

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Cannabis extract found to be effective for lower back pain

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Physics

Ultracold clocks could reveal how quantum physics alters time

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The top image shows an untreated bacterium; the bottom shows a bacterium after 90 minutes of being exposed to the antibiotic

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Extraordinary pictures show what a common antibiotic does to E. coli

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Two-in-one inhalers slash asthma attacks among young children

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Lung inflammation may make traumatic events harder to forget

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Mind

Novels with a certain structure are more likely to be classics

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Space

Did a star blow up and hit Earth 10 million years ago?

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Mind

Babies' brains 'tick' more slowly than ours, which may help them learn

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Environment

Atmospheric chaos has sent temperatures soaring in Antarctica

Stratospheric temperatures in Antarctica are spiking, which could see strange weather unfold across the southern hemisphere in the coming months

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How fast you age may be controlled by a DNA repair boss in your cells

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Humans

Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X

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Chemistry

Nanoparticles may be the secret ingredient in making ultimate plastics

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Life

Cheetahs naturally turned into mummies in caves in Saudi Arabia

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