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Swytch bike review: Is this ebike conversion kit worth the money?

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Why do we fall in love?

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10 best gifts for geeks

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The five things you need to be happy, according to a happiness expert

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Why there won’t be a robot uprising any time soon

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What’s the carbon footprint of streaming TV?

At 118 years old, Kane Tanaka is the world’s oldest verified living person. She was born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1903 © Alamy

Can we cure old age?

Are we living in a simulation? © Getty Images

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Are we living in a simulation?

Why tea is vital to our national psychology © Scott Balmer

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Food shortages: Would the national psyche handle running out of tea?

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How much money do you need to be happy?

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NASA’s Lucy Mission is set to head to Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids © Southwest Research Institute

NASA’s Lucy Mission is set to head to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids

During the course of its mission, Lucy will fly by seven of Jupiter's Trojan asteroids in an effort to discover more about the birth and evolution of the Solar System.

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Facebook Glasses: A law expert explains why they blur the lines around right to privacy

The glasses enable users to take pictures and record video using cameras embedded in the frames.

Are we becoming more narcissistic? © Getty Images

Reality Check Are we becoming more narcissistic?

Vanity, social media, and the 'me, me, me' generation.

World’s first malaria vaccine given go-ahead for mass immunisation of African children © Getty Images

World’s first malaria vaccine given go-ahead for mass immunisation of African children

The World Health Organization director-general hails ‘historic moment’.

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Why do I keep having random violent thoughts in public?

A man falling off a boat into a river while a woman laughs at him © Getty Images

Schadenfreude: A psychologist explains why we love to see others fail

Why are seeds such different sizes? © Alamy

Why are seeds such different sizes?

Is looking for aliens worth the risk? Absolutely, says the UK’s leading astronomer

Has an object ever left Earth’s atmosphere through natural means?

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CRISPR gene editing: The key benefits (and risks) of modifying our natural world

Science photo galleries

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Sunlight streaming through fog wins Weather Photographer competition

Mother Nature's Ingenuity: 9 exquisite eggs that demonstrate how incredible evolution can be © Nico van Kappel/Buiten Beeld/Minden Pictures

Mother Nature’s Ingenuity: 9 exquisite eggs that demonstrate how incredible evolution can be

© Laurent Ballesta, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Otherworldly image of underwater creation nets Wildlife Photographer of the Year prize

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To boldly go: Meet the extreme robot explorers

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Best motorcycle gadgets

9 best motorcycle gadgets to buy in 2021

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Interview: Dune’s lead designer reveals inspiration behind the film’s look and feel

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