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How birdwatching slows down brain ageing

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What animals could a human outrun?

By Richard Fisher

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This test predicts your risk of death

By Jasmin Fox-Skelly

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What to eat for younger skin

By Melissa Hogenboom

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The rejuvenating secrets of the immortal jellyfish

By Katarina Zimmer

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The Viking word behind American independence

By Sophie Hardach

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An illustration showing houses shaped as batteries feeding into an electricity pylon (Credit: BBC/ Serenity Strull)

The 'power plant' hidden inside Vermont homes

By Jack Carroll

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A cranial organ allows sperm whales to sink ships

By Anna Bressanin

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Seoul has solved a New York food waste problem

By Soo Min Kim

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This dazzling bird has a lethal parenting method

By Diego Arguedas Ortiz

Psychology

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'It was jaw-dropping': The shocking lessons from an infamous experiment in obedience

Earth

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'What the hell did this?': The orca brothers preying on great white sharks

Technology

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Anthropic thinks its AI might be conscious. It has profound consequences for your life

Health

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The genetic technique that finds (almost) every infection

Earth

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'A window into its soul': The rare elephant behaviour that reveals the depths of their emotions

Health

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I tried eating 30 plants a week. It was surprisingly easy

Earth

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The US produces millions of tonnes of rice waste each year. Now people are building homes with it

History

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'The legend is so strong': The truth about Nicolas Flamel and the philosophers' stone

Health

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The radical idea that temperature sets when we sleep