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VAMPIRE ELECTRONICS: HOW MUCH POWER DO THESE DEVICES REALLY DRAIN?

Can you save £££s by switching off appliances at the mains, as suggested by some headlines?

WHY DOES RESEARCHING BISEXUALITY MATTER?

It's Pride Month and the UK is aglitter with messages of love. But not all the letters of the rainbow alphabet have been able to shine...

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

When the asteroid smashed into Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the fiercest, strongest creatures on Earth - the dinosaurs. So how exactly did our tiny, furtive ancestors thrive in the aftermath of an apocalypse?

PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT

SCIENTISTS GO TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TO EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF RADICAL PHENOMENA IN THE MOST EXTREME LABS ON EARTH

Could we live alongside dinosaurs?

In Jurassic World Dominion, the toothy ones have integrated into society...

TRAVELLING TO THE EDGE OF TIME

The James Webb Space Telescope won't just show us the furthest reaches of space, it'll take us back to the dawn of the Universe too...

PHYSICS: DO GIRLS AVOID IT BECAUSE IT'S TOO HARD?

In late April, head teacher Katharine Birbalsingh commented that girls didn't like physics and are put off it because of the hard maths

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS

Occasionally, you're minding our own business when a weird - and sometimes disturbing or upsetting - thought pops into your head. Why does your brain do this, and does it mean that you're a bad person?

HIGHLY SENSITIVE: IS IT THE SAME AS BEING SHY OR INTROVERTED?

Recently, several celebrities have announced that they are 'highly sensitive people'. What does this term mean, and how can you spot the signs?

Can a VR headset provide peace and tranquillity?

Alex Hughes tries to relax with a screen inches from his face...

AI WILL NEVER THINK LIKE A HUMAN... AND THAT'S OKAY

There's no point getting frustrated with artificial intelligence when it doesn't do what we expect it to. Instead, we should focus on the ways it can help and support people

How to Build the Future of Social Media

At the Polarization Lab in North Carolina, multidisciplinary researchers – including social scientists, statisticians and computer scientists – are breaking apart the social media status quo to rebuild it, one peer-reviewed brick at a time

W Boson: Is About to Break Physics?

The mass of the W boson, a subatomic particle, appears to be wrong. What could this mean for the Standard Model of particle physics?

YOU CAN'T BEAT BEETROOT

How this humble, purple vegetable can improve the health of your heart

Sleepiness in Alzheimer's patients is caused by damage to neurons that help them stay awake

The finding treatments could lead to new for those with the disease to help them stay alert

THE DAY THE DINOSAURS DIED

New BBC documentary, Dinosaurs: The Final Day, presented by Sir David Attenborough, digs into a fossil site that may have recorded the moment an asteroid wiped out almost all life on Earth. Holly Spanner met with Robert DePalma, one of the palaeontologists at the site, to find out more about the significance of this discovery...

A WHOLE NEW WHORL

MANY OF US HAVE SEEN SEASHELLS ON THE BEACH AND MARVELLED AT THEIR COLOURS, AND PATTERNS OF CURVES AND RIDGES. BUT SEASHELLS ARE FAR MORE THAN JUST PRETTY OBJECTS, AND THEIR INTRICATE STRUCTURES CAN HELP US LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INHABITANTS THAT ONCE DWELLED INSIDE THEM

DOES YOUR DOG REALLY LOVE YOU?

Sure, they wag their tails to greet us and are happy to snuggle up and watch TV in the evening, but are our beloved pooches actually experiencing the same love for us as we feel for them?

COVID-19 can have long-term impacts on the brain

According to a study on nonhuman primates, effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the brain include reduced oxygen flow, neuron damage and bleeding

Experts call for NHS to provide genetic tests to usher in era of personalised medicine

We must move away from the current "one drug and one dose fits all" model to make treatments safer and more effective

Huge DNA study reveals new clues about cancer-causing mutations

The findings could lead to better diagnosis and treatments for cancer

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A FUTURE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR STEAK AND EAT IT…

NASA to test giant slingshot designed to fling satellites into orbit

NASA has teamed up with private spaceflight company SpinLaunch to trial a unique system designed to send satellites into space using a slingshot-like launcher. The system works by attaching a rocket payload onto one end of a giant spinning arm powered by electric motors, accelerating it to high speeds and then flinging it out into space.

The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Metaverse

Facebook recently changed its name to 'Meta' in order to position itself at the forefront of a new digital frontier called the metaverse. But what the heck is the metaverse, and what can it offer us mere mortals who do not inhabit the shiny Silicon Valley bubble?

MIGRAINES:CAN NEW TREATMENTS HELP EASE THE SUFFERING OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE?

Better understanding of the processes driving migraine pain is leading to promising new remedies

ARGOS OR AMAZON: WHO DID IT FIRST?

You can thank an in-flight catalogue, not the internet, for the emergence of convenient same-day deliveries

Can a smartphone be eco-friendly and desirable?

Fairphone has a long history of producing some of the most eco-friendly smartphones around. In fact, it is currently ranked in the top 1 per cent of sustainable companies in the world according to EcoVadis, a sustainability ratings company.

MALE CONTRACEPTIVE PILL ONE STEP CLOSER

The researchers behind the drug hope it will start human clinical trials later this year

Are we living in a multiverse?

Are there universes where the laws of physics do not apply, like in the newest Doctor Strange outing?