Mind
Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal
When we lose a loved one, it has a profound effect on our bodies. Taking our grief outside offers us better healing in the long term than shutting it away, says Ruth Allen
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Physics
Why this is a golden age for life to thrive across the universe
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Life
Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics
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Environment
To rescue biodiversity, we need a better way to measure it
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Space
‘This century is special’: Martin Rees on the vast span of time
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Physics
The laws of physics were broken in 2023 – by sperm
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Life
Life may be less chaotic than we thought, say physicists
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Space
Our hunt for alien life needs solid guidelines for clear-cut success
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Space
How excited should we be by signs of life spotted on alien worlds?
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Life
How we will discover the mysterious origins of life once and for all
Seventy years ago, three discoveries propelled our understanding of how life on Earth began. But has the biggest clue to life's origins been staring biologists in the face all along?
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Earth
Nearly all mammals will go extinct in 250 million years as Earth warms
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Chemistry
Chemical reaction used in cooking may have helped complex life evolve
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Space
Essential molecule for life spotted floating in space for first time
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Physics
Stephen Hawking’s final theorem turns time and causality inside out
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