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This is the single best way to reduce your cholesterol without statins, according to a leading doctor

You don't need medication to improve cholesterol levels. A few simple dietary tweaks can make a serious difference
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The Willow Warbler bird is perched on a branch with its mouth open

These are the five best (and worst) birdsongs, ranked by science

From soothing warblers to screeching owls, scientists have worked out exactly which birdsongs calm us down – and which ones grate
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We may finally know why it’s so hard to lose weight

A mouse study has found that 'obesity memory' in immune cells may be holding back fat loss
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Woman holding a packet of statin pills.

An everyday pill could cut dementia risk in diabetics, study suggests

Cholesterol-lowering drugs are more effective the earlier they are started, a ten-year study has found
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The simple, science-backed way to tell if you’re drinking enough water

No, you don't necessarily have to drink eight glasses a day
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What's the best position to sleep in?

A doctor explains what the "best" position to sleep in is. It all depends on your situation
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Close-up Portrait of Tribe Leader Wearing Animal Skin Eating in a Dark Scary Cave at Night

No, our ancestors weren't carnivores. Here's what they really ate and why it matters

Our hunter-gatherer forebears weren’t the carnivorous cavemen we once thought
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8 mind-blowing (but very cute) facts about cats, according to science

Curiosity won't kill these cats
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'We're not prepared!': How a Harvard professor thinks humanity's chaotic first contact would actually unfold

From interstellar visitors to alien radio signals, scientists are asking a question once confined to science fiction: what happens when we finally make contact?
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This the single easiest and most effective exercise for weight loss, say doctors

It turns out this low-effort exercise is underrated for cutting fat – and for your overall health
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These simple changes could stop you ever getting constipated, says world-leading gut health doctor

Turns out the way you sit – and when you go – matters as much as what you eat
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Woman sweating.

What your sweat is trying to tell you about your health

Molecules hiding in your body odour can reveal vital clues about the state of your health
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Tomato dispenser, one of the strangest ever inventions

15 of the world's weirdest-ever inventions

From the V-shaped bed designed by an exercise legend, to a robot that feeds you tomatoes
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Who is more confident – men or women?

You may have heard that men are more confident than women, but the truth is a little more complicated than that
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6 horrifying ways to die on the Moon: The biggest hazards facing NASA's permanent base

If the vacuum doesn’t get you, the cosmic rays or lunar dust might
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A ‘monster web’ of ocean currents is set to collapse. And the US is not prepared

Off the east coast of Greenland, scientists are studying the fate of the Atlantic Ocean circulation. Others are looking to prevent disaster
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We may finally know how to stop taking GLP-1s without regaining weight

What it actually takes to quit weight-loss drugs without undoing all the progress
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New Commercial Spacecraft Above Clouds. 3D Illustration

How tiny companies are racing to create 'impossible' space crystals worth billions

In space, no one can hear you manufacturing
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An astronaut stands on the Moon looking at Earth

The race to establish the first Moon base is on. And the stakes couldn't be higher

We're going back to the lunar surface for the first time in more than a century, and this time, we're staying
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Exploding lightbulb.

10 'stupid' inventions the world laughed at, then couldn't live without

From ‘diabolical’ phone lines to ‘feminine’ wheeled suitcases, the first reactions aren’t always the right ones
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'It's rigged': The dirty secret behind what IQ scores really measure

Besides being next to useless for actually measuring intelligence, here's why we should kill IQ scores for good
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A medieval burial ground from the plague, marked by a skull and crossbones stone

Did plants have a Black Death too?

We all know what the plague did to us humans, but how did the natural world fare?
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A robot kicks another robot during a kickboxing match at the World Humanoid Robot Games

Robots just held their own (very chaotic) athletic games. And the footage is jaw-dropping

Athlete-bots compete at the second World Humanoid Robot Games
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Smallpox virus

Why do we keep smallpox in a lab?

The disease we wiped out but refuse to destroy
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