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The quantum world: A concise guide to the particles that make reality

Get to grips with the deepest layer of reality we know of with our inventory of the subatomic realm, from known particles like quarks and the Higgs boson to hypotheticals including the fifth force and strings in 11 dimensions

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The quantum world: A concise guide to the particles that make reality

Health

My Amazon family’s gut microbes may help us fight inflammatory disease

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My Amazon family’s gut microbes may help us fight inflammatory disease

Humans

Why we fall for wellness, even when the science says it doesn't work

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Why we fall for wellness, even when the science says it doesn't work
Nalini Nadkarni, the ecologist revealing the secrets of cloud forests

Life

Nalini Nadkarni, the ecologist revealing the secrets of cloud forests

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The wrinkled left side of William McElligott's face after being exposed to the sun

Health

The radical new theory that wrinkles actually cause ageing

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The hunt for black holes older than the universe itself

Space

The hunt for black holes older than the universe itself

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Waste water flowing into a British river from concrete pipes

Environment

The state of Britain's rivers: Slurry, silage and sewage

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Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. Photo by UNEP_Kibuuka Mukisa

Life

Uganda’s first wildlife vet on her revolutionary gorilla conservation

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Why we’re trapped in short-term thinking and how to take the long view

Society

Why we’re trapped in short-term thinking and how to take the long view

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Stephen Hawking's final theorem turns time and causality inside out

In his final years, Stephen Hawking tackled the question of why the universe appears fine-tuned for life. His collaborator Thomas Hertog explains the radical solution they came up with

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Stephen Hawking with Thomas Hertog, in Hawking's office

Humans

Cave paintings of mutilated hands could be a Stone Age sign language

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Health

New DNA tests predict your disease risk – are we ready for them?

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The physicist betting that space-time isn't quantum after all

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Restoring the brain’s mitochondria could slow ageing and end dementia

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