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Environment

Can everyone live a 鈥榞ood life鈥� without destroying the planet?

Cutting back on our use of energy and materials so that we live within Earth鈥檚 means can seem like an insurmountable challenge. But after a decade grappling with these problems, a historic Portuguese city is beginning to walk this tightrope

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Health

Alzheimer鈥檚, stroke, depression: The preventative power of sauna

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Mind

Occam鈥檚 razor has lost its edge. Can we sharpen our search for truth?

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Physics

The strange metals forcing us to rethink how electricity really works

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Mind

How healthy is your brain? We now know how to find out

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Space

This physicist is hunting for the biggest black hole in the universe

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Humans

Humans sleep the least of all apes 鈥� is it the secret to our success?

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October 16 2012 Photo by: James Yungel Public Domain Thwaites iceshelf: see source link for full caption info

Environment

The race to understand how and when Thwaites glacier will collapse

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Space

The lunar botanist with a plan to farm vegetables on the moon

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Mind

Parenting may permanently improve brain health for mums and dads

Raising children appears to keep the brain young, potentially acting as a buffer against cognitive decline and Alzheimer鈥檚

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Mind

How some people’s brains make an extraordinary recovery from stroke

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Mind

How menopause radically changes the brain 鈥� and what happens after

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Mind

The surprising ways your brain changes from your 20s to your 40s

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Mind

Our brains have their first thoughts unexpectedly early in life

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