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We are finally improving prostate cancer diagnoses - here's how

Cases of prostate cancer are surging alarmingly around the world. Thankfully, we are developing more accurate tests that can catch the condition early

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Why overcoming your cynicism could be key to a healthier, happier life

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Why overcoming your cynicism could be key to a healthier, happier life

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Self-centred, spoiled and lonely? Examining the only child stereotype

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Self-centred, spoiled and lonely? Examining the only child stereotype
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Space

Five of the most important International Space Station experiments

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Inside NASA’s ambitious plan to bring the ISS crashing back to Earth

Space

Inside NASA’s ambitious plan to bring the ISS crashing back to Earth

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The days when the flowers produce lots of nectar, the bees remain outside the hive fanning, to better dehydrate the nectar when the forager bees come back from their journeys.///Les jours ou les fleurs donnent beaucoup de nectar, les abeilles restent ? ventiler ? l?ext?rieur de la ruche pour mieux d?shydrater le nectar pendant que les butineuses rentre de leurs voyages.

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How clues in honey can help fight our biggest biodiversity challenges

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What made us human? The fossils redefining our evolutionary origins

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What made us human? The fossils redefining our evolutionary origins

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Will implants that meld minds with machines enhance human abilities?

Technology

Will implants that meld minds with machines enhance human abilities?

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Why we might finally be about to see the first stars in the universe

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How much exercise do children really need – and what type?

Better fitness in children is linked to better cognition and health in later life, but the majority in the US and UK don't get nearly enough. Here's what parents can do

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How fast do we get out of shape and is there a way to slow the loss?

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How to use psychology to hack your mind and fall in love with exercise

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Why slow running could be even more beneficial than running fast

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TOPSHOT - Fitness coach Gabrielle Friscira gives a lesson by videoconference in Saint-Remy-lHonore, west of Paris, on April 15, 2020, on the 30th day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

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If your gym instructor is an iPad, what is lost – and gained?

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