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Why vitamin supplements are (probably) a waste of money, according to a Harvard doctor

There are plenty of companies claiming their vitamins can boost your immune system, but do you actually need them?
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This is the one supplement consistently shown to better your brain and body

Every supplement claims to offer benefits for your body. But tests suggest creatine actually does. It might also have benefits for your brain, too
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54 per cent of cultures don't kiss romantically. Here's what they do instead

Kissing holds a special place in many of our hearts and memories but why do we kiss?
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What's the best temperature to wash laundry at?

Hot or cold? That is the question
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Can any animals play musical instruments?

Chimpanzees say to expect their debut album 'soon'
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We need to stop shaming masturbating birds, say scientists

Polly wants a… little privacy? A new study has found that acts of self-pleasure among parrots and other birds are perfectly natural, thank you very much
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Yellowstone eruption: This is how a supervolcano explosion will unfold

Fresh clues beneath one of Earth’s most powerful supervolcanoes reveal how it could explode – unleashing global devastation
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One of the world's rarest (and strangest) sharks has been filmed alive for the first time

Known for its massive retractable jaw, the spooky footage shows the goblin shark lurking deep in the Pacific Ocean
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Video: This terrifying, AI-designed robot will never stop chasing you

The ‘legged metamachines’ that absolutely will not stop need to be seen to be believed
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The simple life changes that can prevent your cognitive decline

More of us are living longer, but our brains don’t always show the same resilience as our bodies. Could science extend our neurological health to keep pace with physical longevity?
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'A huge step forward': This strange Antarctic creature could spark a cancer breakthrough, say scientists

Sea squirts in the Antarctic could offer us a novel way to kill melanoma cells – that is, skin cancer – without harming healthy cells
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Should I start EFT tapping?

It might be worth giving EFT tapping a go to relieve anxiety
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Why you're probably stroking your cat completely wrong (and how to do it right)

Fun fact: your cat probably hates the way you're currently petting them.
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Could we create sunlight on demand?

Reflect Orbital wants to help supercharge your solar panels using space mirrors
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Mice and rats are now evolving resistance to poison, experts warn

Researchers have found that DNA mutations could be responsible for increasingly stubborn and hard-to-control rodent populations
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Does Earth have a heartbeat?

'Microseisms' are still baffling scientists, decades after their discovery
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This nightmare fish hides beneath the sand... and stepping on it can cause agony for beachgoers

The whitemargin stargazer hides and waits for its prey – the feet of unsuspecting beachgoers
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How to cool down quickly: 4 surprising, science-backed ways to cope with a heatwave

Top tip: focus on cooling your hands, not face
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Inside the radical plan to make weight-loss jabs free for everyone

A population-wide rollout of GLP-1 medication could solve the obesity epidemic and reduce the rates of other diseases
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Which animal is most likely to escape from the zoo?

Apart from Feathers McGraw in Wallace and Gromit, of course
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What is histamine flushing and what can it tell you?

Histamine flushing is often harmless but it can sometimes serve as a useful warning sign for bigger problems
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James Webb Space Telescope has spied a pair of dwarf galaxies engaged in a gravitational dance

We've just found the Universe's darkest galaxy – and it could solve one of the last, great mysteries in science

An almost invisible galaxy could crack open one of the biggest questions in cosmology
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These may be the 15 greatest images of the Universe ever taken

From star‑forming pillars to colliding galaxies, Hubble’s most iconic images reveal how the universe is built, evolves and continues to surprise
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The simplest way to slow brain decline that most people never try

By targeting an often-overlooked sense, you could sharpen your mind – and help protect your brain from cognitive decline
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