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August 2022
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How can physics shed light on life’s biggest quandaries?
Gently does it
Hit the dirt
Coiffured crustacean
Conversation
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Lactose tolerance evolved in europeans thanks to famine and disease
Trains could suck CO2 out of the air as they cross the country
Scientists may have figured out how to control intrusive thoughts
Eating Marmite could ease anxiety and depression
Robot dog learns to walk by stumbling, just like young animals in the wild
We could soon peer through time to see the first stars
Feeling ‘hangry’ is real, and there’s science to prove it
Mummified baby mammoth found by Canadian miners
Horizons: Microbes found in volcanic environments could help reveal more about life on other planets
The future’s bright…
Dr Radha Modgil: Exercise pills… a hard idea to swallow
Dr Julia Shaw: How to create a virtual child
Dr Kate Darling: The (squirrel’s) ghost in the machine
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Money: Can it buy you happiness?
Dark matter: Is it time we gave up looking for it?
Rewilding: Is it all just a celebrity cult?
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Nature’s weirdest animals: The coelacanth
How do volcanic eruptions affect climate change?
If the Moon were bigger, at what point would it be deemed a planet and the Earth and ‘Moon’ a ‘binary planet’ system?
Do houseplants actually improve air quality?
How are atolls formed?
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Why do bullets make a zing sound in movies?
If the ancient carboniferous forests didn’t go on to create the oil and gas fields we exploit for fossil fuels, how different would our world look today in terms of technology and the environment?
The Explainer: Dyson spheres
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