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Want to cut your energy bills? Here’s how five experts are doing it

Want to cut your energy bills? Here’s how five experts are doing it

New advice on avoiding British cod: how to make sure your fish and chips are sustainably sourced

New advice on avoiding British cod: how to make sure your fish and chips are sustainably sourced

The Blue Trail is a dystopian ‘coming‑of‑old‑age’ gem

The Blue Trail is a dystopian ‘coming‑of‑old‑age’ gem

Robots just captured a Russian position in Ukraine – but don’t worry about real‑life Terminators just yet

Robots just captured a Russian position in Ukraine – but don’t worry about real‑life Terminators just yet

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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – an uninspired, unscary gore fest that demonises disability and leans into stereotypes of Egypt

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – an uninspired, unscary gore fest that demonises disability and leans into stereotypes of Egypt

Why the ceasefire in Lebanon is unlikely to change much on the ground

How we worked out a fossilised ‘pterosaur’ was actually a fish – new research

Iran’s AI memes are reaching people who don’t follow the news – and winning the propaganda war

How accelerating evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves – new study

How accelerating evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves – new study

Why many of Hungary’s religious groups will be celebrating Viktor Orbán’s election loss

Why many of Hungary’s religious groups will be celebrating Viktor Orbán’s election loss

Legal aid for asylum seekers is hard to come by – it’s no wonder criminal advisers are taking advantage

Legal aid for asylum seekers is hard to come by – it’s no wonder criminal advisers are taking advantage

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous

The best books about being a teenager – according to our experts

The best books about being a teenager – according to our experts

The Victorian sex abuse scandal that shocked Britain and changed the law – long before Epstein

The Victorian sex abuse scandal that shocked Britain and changed the law – long before Epstein

The problem with vet bills – a dog‑owning economist explains

The problem with vet bills – a dog‑owning economist explains

Strait of Hormuz: why even neutral and distant countries like Switzerland can’t escape the fallout

Strait of Hormuz: why even neutral and distant countries like Switzerland can’t escape the fallout

The truth about child IQ: research shows it fluctuates and may be an unreliable predictor of future success

The truth about child IQ: research shows it fluctuates and may be an unreliable predictor of future success

How to run a marathon better: the nutritional and psychological hacks that matter most

How to run a marathon better: the nutritional and psychological hacks that matter most

Electric vehicles pass tipping point, breaking the link with oil prices

Electric vehicles pass tipping point, breaking the link with oil prices

Loneliness can affect your memory – but that doesn’t mean it leads to dementia

by Jason Clarke April 16, 2026April 17, 2026

College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them

by Jeanne Beatrix Law March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children

by Carolina Rossini March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Why do basketball players miss shots they’ve made a thousand times before? Neuroscience has an answer

by David Van den Heever March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves

by Anne McNeil March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to Artemis II, spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people because human space travel is hazardous

by Scott Solomon March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Why do some people treat the Magic Kingdom and Disney adults like cultural abominations?

by Adam Kadlac March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Birutė Galdikas: The last of ‘Leakey’s Angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter

by Mireya Mayor March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

A writing professor’s new task in the age of AI: Teaching students when to struggle

by Kristi Girdharry March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

The long history of silent meditation retreats and the individuals who helped shape them

by Daniel M. Stuart March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

With AI finishing your sentences, what will happen to your unique voice on the page?

by Gayle Rogers March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

More and more teachers and students are using AI – even though it might do more harm than good

by Tal Slemrod March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

How AI English and human English differ – and how to decide when to use artificial language

by Laura Aull March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Millions of CT scans are done every year – most leave important data behind

by Peter Gunderman March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Power outages in heat waves and storms can threaten the lives of medical device users – we looked at who is most at risk

by Katherine Asmussen March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Health insurance jargon can be frustrating and confusing – here’s how to navigate it

by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry

by Advik D. Vira March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them – researchers pinpoint how

by Jacob A Tennessen March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again

by Mireille Rebeiz March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

China’s muted response over war in Iran reflects Beijing’s delicate calculus as a concerned onlooker

by John Calabrese March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

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