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Looking after your skin isn't just a vanity project, with growing evidence that damage to the skin can drive ageing, inflammation and even cognitive decline. Read more

Trick your brain to find more joy in life

Learning a psychological trick to overcome your brain's tendency to stop noticing things could help you love your old clothes, notice the effects of climate change and fix gender biases, says neuroscientist Tali Sharot. Read more

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Covid-19 vaccines seem to cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes

Many covid-19 vaccines occasionally cause side effects such as blood clots or heart inflammation, but, overall, they appear to be beneficial in preventing heart and circulatory conditions. Read more

We finally know why live music makes us so emotional

Hearing live music tugs at our heartstrings more than a recording, probably because it increases activity in an emotion-processing region in our brain. Read more

Boiling tap water can remove 80 per cent of the microplastics in it

Tap water contains tiny particles of plastic and we don’t know how they affect our health – now it seems that boiling the water for 5 minutes can remove most of them. Read more

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What would life be like on Mars?

In this episode of CultureLab, TV columnist Bethan Ackerley speaks to NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman and planetary scientist Tanya Harrison to explore how far off we really are from living on Mars.

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Where are allthe exomoons? The hunt for worlds orbiting alien planets

Moons circling exoplanets would be some of the most promising places to look for life outside our solar system. Now, we might finally be about to find these elusive objects. Read more

Light and sound may slow Alzheimer’s by making the brain remove toxins

An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's disease involving sounds and flickering lights has shown promise in mice and people. Now, research suggests the novel approach ramps up our brain’s waste disposal networks. Read more

‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

Martin MacInnes, the author of New Scientist's latest book club pick, the Booker prize-longlisted sci-fi novel In Ascension, on how he came to write it (and a bit of a spoiler). Read more

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Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluster in known universe

Astronomers have spotted a gargantuan protocluster – the primordial beginnings of a galaxy cluster – by searching near a quasar in the early universe. Read more

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