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Why do we like being scared?

Orcas and dolphins observed teaming up to hunt and kill salmon

Flint Dibble: "Joe Rogan called me a liar"

Killer whales and dolphins hunt together

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Oldest evidence of fire-lighting comes from early humans in Britain

Our holiday and New Year special is out now! 🥳🎄⁠

How friendship keeps you healthy

The hunt for matter with “forbidden” symmetries

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be even weirder than we thought.

Have we just found dark matter?

The popular science books you need to read

The parasitic plant with the largest flowers in the world 🌺

Exercise shrinks tumours in mice by 60 per cent.

When did kissing romantically evolve?

Why do male testes dangle outside the body in an unprotected sack?⁠

A man has been unexpectedly cured of HIV

Why do male testes dangle outside the body in an unprotected sack?

Could deep-sea mining ever be green?

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Does adolescence actually extend into our 30s?

How fusion scientists handle radioactive materials ☢️⚛️

We are in a climate and nature emergency

Environmental crime syndicates 🌲

Why haven't we heard from aliens?

Will an asteroid hit the moon?

Fat plays a surprising role in shaping your body and mind.

This 3D-printed conch helps explain the evolution of music

One surprising tip for better health

The birth of global volcano data collection 🌋

Why aren't young people having sex any more?

'How to stay in love after uploading into virtual reality'

Be transported to the time of our ancient ancestors through the music of conch shells

What actually is cloud seeding?

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Legendary science writer Bill Bryson

Can't focus after a bad night's sleep?

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Hitler’s DNA suggests he may have had schizophrenia, ADHD or autism. But how sure can we be?

The genome of an ancient Denisovan has been sequenced

Should you change your lifestyle based on your menstrual cycle?

We’ve sequenced Hitler’s genome - but does it really tell us who he was?

Do we really need 10,000 steps a day? Maybe not.

Climate doom is everywhere - but have our goals really failed?

Particles are not fundamental elements of reality 🤯⚛️

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