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Dad brain: How fatherhood remakes men's minds

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A portrait of Melissa Hogenboom wearing a black top in front of an image of stacks of sugar cubes with a blue background (Credit: BBC/ Getty Images)

I gave up eating sugar. This is what I learned

By Melissa Hogenboom

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Here's why you might want to be rained on

By Ally Hirschlag

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This monkey selfie will protect you from AI slop

By Thomas Germain

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Why wildflowers thrive in our cities

By Jessica Bradley

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A new wave of immunotherapy is eliminating cancers

By Jamie Ducharme

Earth

A freediver shines her torchlight on whale bones, a hole in the ice is visible above the diver (Credit: Alex Dawson)

The whale graveyards that transform the deep sea

By Katherine Latham

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The former Soviet reserve where snow leopards roam

By Michaela Strachan and India Latham

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The cities where you'll never see flight ads

By Isabella Kaminski

Two women from The Gambia, Nurse Senneh and Binta Ceesay, in colourful printed dresses and hair covering sit together surrounded by the yellow straw of a rice field with trees seen in the background (Credit: Lena Nian)

The unseen force turning water to salt

By Ekpali Saint

Food

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Are ancient grains better for you? The surprising truth about quinoa and spelt

Keeping Tabs

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The blue light from your phone isn't ruining your sleep

Health

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The air throughout our homes is infused with microplastics. But there are things you can do to breathe less of them

Health

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Want a better night's sleep? Go camping

Let's Talk

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Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

Health

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How bad smells affect your health

Simple Science

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What's the most painful sting in the world?

Science of Fitness

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Want to improve your memory? The right type of exercise can give it a boost

Health

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Women were never meant to give birth on their backs