THE END OF ASTRONAUTS

Can a VR headset provide peace and tranquillity?

Alex Hughes tries to relax with a screen inches from his face…
The essentials… festival tech

After a two-year break, festivals are back. Don’t set off for a weekend of music, food and mud without these
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Our pick of the month’s smartest tech
Push it to the limit

Scientists go to extraordinary lengths to expand out understanding of radical phenomena in the most extreme labs on Earth
Everything you need to know about intrusive thoughts

Occasionally, you’re minding our own business when a weird – and sometimes disturbing or upsetting – thought pops into your head. Why does your brain do this, and does it mean that you’re a bad person?
Life as we know it

When the asteroid smashed into Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the fiercest, strongest creatures on Earth: the dinosaurs. So how exactly did our tiny, furtive ancestors thrive in the aftermath of an apocalypse?
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The Explainer: Psychedelics

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wildlife
