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Lots of us will have at some points in our lives woken up feeling groggy after getting a poor night’s sleep. But what causes us to have trouble sleepi...
Understanding who we are and where we came from is one of the most fascinating questions in science. But it’s also one of the most difficult to answer...
Research over the past few decades has proven that getting a good night’s sleep is essential for our health and wellbeing. But sometimes strange thing...
We may pride ourselves on our intelligence, but humans perhaps actually have to thank our ability to process and communicate information for our speci...
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Since its launch on Christmas Day 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has delivered some of the most stunning images of space we’ve ever seen, peerin...
Our bodies have in-built clocks that allow us to sync our daily activities to a roughly 24-hour cycle. This determines everything from our sleep patte...
Since the discovery of the double helix by Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin in the 1950s, human knowledge of DNA and genetics has gro...
Do you find it hard to get out of bed first thing in the morning? Maybe you feel your energy levels starting to wane in the afternoon? Or perhaps you...
We all love our dogs and want to do what’s best for them but, unfortunately, they aren’t able to talk to us to let us know when something isn’t going...
If you’re anything like Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, the idea of a mass human migration to space is exciting but, well, a little flawed. As they say in...
For a relatively small country, England is home to an astonishing variety of habitats. From the low-lying grasses, gorse and heather that make up the...
Did you know that according to some psychologists we have two minds, not one? The first of these is our regular, analytical mind – the part of us that...
