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How a good night’s sleep can protect you against COVID-19 © Jason Raish

Sleep tight How a good night’s sleep can protect you against COVID-19

When health tests can do more harm than good © Jason Raish

Michael Mosley When health tests can do more harm than good

What does the world look like outside of our brains? © Getty Images

Dr Rahul Jandial "Some people like skiing, or mountain climbing, or playing poker. I like operating on people’s brains"

A learning curve: despite school closures, our children will be OK © Scott Balmer

Aleks Krotoski "Despite school closures, our children will be OK"

Coronavirus: aggressive 'L type' strain affecting 70 per cent of cases (An illustration of the coronavirus, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) © Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Coronavirus vaccine Could genetic material help defeat COVID-19?

How calorie restriction can help you to stay young © Jason Raish

How to stay young Could fasting help you turn back the hands of time?

What can online game World Of Warcraft teach us about COVID-19? © Scott Balmer

Corrupted Blood What the virus that took down World of Warcraft can tell us about coronavirus

Is there any science in astrology? © Getty Images

Is there any science in astrology?

UK carbon emissions cuts are slowing down © PA

The road to net zero: how we could become carbon neutral

Orthorexia: the perils of eating too clean © Getty Images

Orthorexia The perils of eating too clean

Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan © Gerry Cranham/Fox Photos/Getty Images

Everyday science

Helen Gwynne-Vaughan An extraordinary botanist whose problems of identity still confront female scientists today

Life in the (intermittent) fast lane: the health benefits of time restricted diets © Ovadia Benishu

Life in the (intermittent) fast lane Have breakfast a little later, and dinner a little earlier, and reap the health benefits

Just be curious: why citizen science is the future © Jason Raish

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Just be curious Why citizen science is the future

Sophie Scott: “Laughter is a completely social phenomenon: we are 30 times more likely to laugh if there is someone else with us” (Sick of It © Me+You Productions)

Sophie Scott “Laughter is a completely social phenomenon: we are 30 times more likely to laugh if there is someone else with us”

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Group dynamics Why this vital field of study is fading into oblivion