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Health

What general anaesthetic reveals about our brains

By Jasmin Fox-Skelly

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Keeping Tabs

AI has ruined cute animal videos

By Thomas Germain
A colourful illustration depicting half a skeleton's face with an enlarged ear with pink paper planes coming out of it (Credit: BBC/ Serenity Strull/ Getty Images)
Health

How to future-proof your ears

By Elizabeth Anne Brown
Astronaut John Young on the Moon's surface in 1971 (Credit: Nasa)
Space Station

What happens to your brain in space?

By Richard Hollingham
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Earth

What sunset-watching really does for your health

By Ally Hirschlag
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Psychology

The people who are addicted to daydreaming

By Molly Gorman
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Simple Science

Brain freeze reveals a lot about your health

By Elizabeth Anne Brown
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Health

How chewing more boosts your brain

By Sandy Ong
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Health

Three fun challenges to slow your brain's ageing

By Melissa Hogenboom
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Neuroscience

AI chatbots could be making you stupider

By Melissa Hogenboom
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Health

Dad brain: How fatherhood remakes men's minds

By Diego Arguedas Ortiz
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Science of Fitness

This exercise gives your memory an instant boost

By Melissa Hogenboom
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Let's Talk

What's the best way to learn a new language?

By Krupa Padhy
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Music

The lifelong benefits of making music

By Julia Hotz
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Health

Is it really possible to 'bank' sleep?

By Katie Wright
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Neuroscience

What really causes migraine?

By Sofia Quaglia