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Mind

The secrets to keeping your brain sharp in old age

Neuroscientist Emily Rogalski studies superagers 鈥� people in their 80s or 90s with unusually keen memories, whose lifestyles suggest ways to slow cognitive decline

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An Infinity Mirrored Room

Physics

A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp

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Life

Has the answer to life’s origins been hiding in our cells all along?

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A spherical rocky body being destroyed in a collision.

Space

Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar system’s violent history

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Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) swimming past a reef covered with Coral sea fans including (Melithaea sp.) and (Pseudopterogorgia sp.), Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp), (Chironephthya sp.) and (Scleronephthya sp.) and Branching cup corals (Tubastraea micranthus). Many different sponges and tunicates are also seen, as are many coral reef fishes, including Anthias and Damselfish, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Environment

The last-ditch plan to save coral reefs from utter destruction

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Mind

What is a聽鈥榥ormal鈥櫬爉emory slowdown, and when should I worry?

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Health

Understanding anorexia鈥檚 grip on the brain could unlock new therapies

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A portrait of Mark Thomson - a middle-aged man in glasses, smiling - with a background collage. The collage contains particle sprays, the LHC, and road signs from the CERN campus

Physics

CERN鈥檚 new chief on the gamble that could fix our picture of reality

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Mind

Why you need to future-proof your brain in middle age and how to start

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An employees poses next to an installation by US artist John Baldessari entitled 'Beethoven's Trumpet (With Ear)' at the Saatchi Gallery in central London on May 26, 2011. Forming part of 'The Shape of Things To Come: New Sculpture' exhibition, it is to be displayed from May 27-16 October 2011. AFP PHOTO/ CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

Hearing loss is bad for the whole body 鈥� but new treatments are coming

From dementia to heart attacks, hearing loss has been linked to a wide range of effects across the body, and the condition is on the rise. Fortunately, we're learning how best to safeguard this crucial sense and how we might be able to reverse the damage

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Mathematics

A golden age of maths is dawning and mathematicians are freaking out

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Health

Embryos made without sperm or eggs reveal why many pregnancies fail

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Life

How a radical new view of life could reveal its origin 鈥� and aliens

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Physics

Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything

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