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Science

  • Two people look at a laptop screen that shows multiple faces.

    Psychology
    Using avatars in psychosis therapy can help those who hear voices, study finds

    Talking back to animated digital representation of a distressing voice can cut the frequency it is heard
  • A young girl wearing a scarf over her head and holding a stuffed sheep toy. She is looking out a large window.

    Cancer
    Researchers study treatment for chronic pain in childhood cancer survivors

  • Electron microscope image of the virus that causes Covid-19.

    Coronavirus
    Under-vaccinated ethnic minority groups in UK at higher risk of Covid

  • Chemistry student using microscope in laboratory

    Scientific research needs robust government backing, not Treasury penny-pinching

    Andre Geim and Nancy Rothwell
  • Stronger bones: there are ways to build them.

    Menopause
    Feel it in your bones: taking the pain out of osteoporosis

  • London from the air

    Language
    Linguist calls for London’s endangered language communities to be mapped

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  • Perth Museum reconstruction An Ancient Egyptian woman who lived 2,700 years ago has been brought to life in a facial reconstruction by a forensics expert who works with the police. The sarcophagus, which was donated in 1936 to Scotland’s Perth Museum, bears an inscription showing that her name was Ta-Kr-Hb and she is thought to have been a priestess or princess.'

    Revealed: face of a Sudanese princess entombed in Egypt 2,500 years ago

  • Test tubes in a rack

    Concerns raised over access to UK Biobank data after ‘race scientists’ claims

  • A fresco on a wall depicts a woman and a man

    Tiny house with erotic frescoes uncovered in Pompeii

  • A graphic illustration of a black head in profile with blue pixellation in the brain

    Which disease-modifying Alzheimer’s drugs are the most promising?

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  • An illustration of a covid particle

    Severe Covid infections can inflame brain’s ‘control centre’, research says

  • 3D rendering of Covid-19

    Everything you need to know about Covid this autumn – podcast

  • Chris Whitty in a suit and dark tie emerging from a building

    Future pandemic as big as Covid is inevitable, says Whitty

  • Covid lateral flow test being administered

    Covid on the rise as experts say England has ‘capitulated’ to the virus

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  • Dan Hancox

    Why our ideas about protest and mob psychology are dangerously wrong

    Dan Hancox
  • George Monbiot

    Maeve Boothby O’Neill died because of a discredited view of ME. How was this allowed to happen?

    George Monbiot
  • Adam Rutherford

    Propelled by tech money, the menace of race science is back – and it’s just as nonsensical as ever

    Adam Rutherford
  • Emma Beddington

    Good news, everyone! We appear to have reached peak longevity

    Emma Beddington
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  • Donald Trump gestures to supporters at a campaign rally

    What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins? – podcast

  • Leaf cutter ants carrying sections of leaves.

    How the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs made ants into farmers – podcast

    Madeleine Finlay hears from Ted Schultz, curator of ants at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, about his recent study into the origins of fungi farming in ants. He tells Madeleine about the incredibly complex way that ants cultivate and protect their fungi gardens, and how the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago could have kickstarted it all
  • A woman wearing a smart watch monitors her sleep in the morning.

    Is sleep perfectionism making us more exhausted? – podcast

    Madeleine Finlay speaks to consultant neurologist and sleep physician Dr Guy Leschziner to find out whether sleep tech is helping or hindering our chances of getting a good night’s sleep
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Key issues

  • Marie Curie in her laboratory in around 1905.

    Physics
    The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel review – lessons in chemistry

  • Stephan Harding

    Biology
    Stephan Harding obituary

    • Space
      Nasa astronaut released from hospital after space return

    • Genetics
      Concerns raised over access to UK Biobank data after ‘race scientists’ claims

    • Medical research
      Using avatars in psychosis therapy can help those who hear voices, study finds

    • Psychology
      Using avatars in psychosis therapy can help those who hear voices, study finds

  • Early voting begins in Florida ahead of 2024 US presidential eection<br>epa11673313 A sign points to a secure ballot intake station on Florida's first early voting day for the 2024 US presidential election at the Coral Gables regional library in Miami, Florida, USA, 21 October 2024. Voters in Florida can cast their ballots in person for the presidential election, starting on 21 October, avoiding long lines on Election Day on 05 November 2024. EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter

  • North Carolina early voting in Black Mountain, North Carolina<br>epa11673900 Voters wait to cast their ballots during early voting for the US presidential election and other races at Buncombe County's Black Mountain Library in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA, 21 October 2024. Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is running against US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? The enigma of Randall Munroe

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? The enigma of Randall Munroe

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Multimedia

  • Astronauts return from nearly eight months on ISS after Starliner problems – video

  • Two water fleas (Daphnia) with embryos and eggs.

    Under the microscope: Nikon Small World photomicrography 2024 – in pictures

    Spider eyes, butterfly wing scales and slime mould come under the spotlight in a competition that celebrates photography through a light microscope
  • Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–Atlas), with an 80,000-year orbit, passes behind geological formations, tufa spires at Trona Pinnacles, California, US

    Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–Atlas) sightings around the world – in pictures

    Named after the Chinese observatory and South African programme that detected it in 2023, the ‘comet of the century’ is not expected to return for another 80,000 years
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