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Our pick of the month’s smartest tech …running sunglasses get a major upgrade “The mindset of a god. The image of a warrior” – that is the cringe-inducing, hyperbolic introduction Oakley chose to go with for the Xeus_AG glasses. Sadly, they don’t offer omnipotence or barbarian abs, they’re just a pair of glasses for runners. […]
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Meet the animal architects
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Naps: A user ’s guide
NAPS: A USER’S GUIDE YOU SNOOZE, YOU WIN. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT NAPPING CAN HAVE A POWERFUL EFFECT ON HEALTH AND COGNITION. THIS IS THE ART OF A SCIENTIFIC SIESTA… by IAN TAYLOR Keep this to yourself but I am, quite literally, sleeping on the job. I’m sitting on my desk chair and should be writing […]
It’s time to rethink our relationship with fat
IT’S TIME TO RETHINK OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH We’ve all moaned about a bit of podge on our thighs or tummies, but that fat is not an inert lump of lard – it has an important job to do. And now, scientists are starting to find out even more about its hidden powers by TOM IRELAND […]
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If I travelled at light speed, would far away objects disappear?
If I travelled at light speed, would far away objects disappear? CHRIS STRACEY, POOLE On Earth we can still see deep-space objects which no longer exist because their light takes a finite time to reach us. If we begin travelling towards such an object, we will continue to see its light, but will see its […]