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The team have pushed the boundaries of quantum mechanics beyond what some thought possible. Now they want to go even further ...

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Studies show that pedestrians walk faster now than they used to, some 15 per cent faster. Why is this happening?

There’s a growing school of thought in neuroscience that argues every action is predetermined, or at least highly probable. That my actions are just the sum of biological and environmental ...

New technology aims to help you induce a lucid dream at will, enabling you to enter a state of consciousness where anything ...

A hidden force is causing highly populated river deltas to sink. In many cases, the subsidence is happening faster than the sea is rising ...

There are millions of bacteria living in our guts. There are millions of dead bacteria there too. And scientists are learning just how much potential the dead ones have to improve our health ...

Can negative thinking raise your risk of dementia and other psychological disorders? Here's how to catch the negative thinking pattern ...

The study aimed to investigate why humans may have evolved to have larger appendages compared to other primates.

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