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David Severn has taken a series of images of scientists working on quantum physics for King’s College London’s new Quantum ...

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Our growing understanding of how other animals also share skills and knowledge will help us chip away at the folly of human ...

As rates of mental health conditions like depression spike, we desperately need new ways of identifying and treating people ...

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With the market for anti-obesity drugs already worth billions, Aimee Donnellan’s Off the Scales is a timely exploration of ...

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The southern Darwin's frog has seen its population fall by 90 per cent in Chile's Parque Tantauco forests due to the spread ...