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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?