Science
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A youthful brain and immune system may be key to a long life
It seems that not all organs are equally important for longevity Westend61 GmbH / Alamy When it comes to living…
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1500 deaths in the recent European heatwave were due to climate change
A firefighting plane dropping water over a wildfire near Athens, Greece Costas Baltas/Anadolu via Getty Images An intense heatwave in…
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‘Flashes of brilliance and frustration’: I let an AI agent run my day
I will never forget the kung pao chicken I sat down to eat a few months ago. Not because the…
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Geoengineering could avoid climate tipping points, but not if we delay
Adding sunlight-reflecting particles into the upper atmosphere could help cool the climate alexnako/Shutterstock One of the many dangers of continuing…
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70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist
Ancient humans adapted to deeper forests as they migrated out of Africa and away from the savannah LIONEL BRET/EURELIOS/SCIENCE PHOTO…
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What will be the climate fallout from Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’?
Solar panels in Tucson, Arizona, US Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg via Getty Images Cuts to clean energy spending in the bill President…
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Herpes virus could soon be approved to treat severe skin cancer
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can spread elsewhere in the body SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Despite many decades…
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The truth about ivermectin’s supposed health benefits
An antiparasitic drug became widely known during the covid-19 pandemic, though its uses have nothing to do with the virus…
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Forests’ vanishing snow is also bad news for carbon storage
Forests like Mount Mansfield State Forest in Vermont are losing their snowpacks Douglas Rissing/Getty Images Many forests are losing their…
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Vapour-sniffing drug detector tested at the US-Mexico border
The VaporID detector can find traces of fentanyl and other substances in the air Elizabeth Denis/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory The…
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