By Sara Rigby

Published: Wednesday, 16 March 2022 at 12:00 am


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Your productive brain

How much truth is there behind the myths of how to be more productive, and do we all need to be setting our alarms for 4am?

A most violent year

Vocanologist Prof Bill McGuire takes a closer look at some of the iconic eruptions that took place in 2021.

As the crow dies

Corvids – so that’s crows, rooks and ravens – are some of the smartest animals out there and even conduct death rituals. Dr Kaeli Swift tells us more.

An immune system for the planet

Can we build a global defence system that could help protect us when the next pandemic arrives?

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