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‘Third thumb’ human augmentation rewires the brain

Young woman's bare feet stepping on floor, surrounded by steel nails

What is pain?

Life finds a way: when nature reclaims abandoned places © © Clement Bucco-Lechat/Wiki Commons

Life finds a way When nature reclaims abandoned places

8 dazzling pictures of the most colourful sights on Earth © Mac/Solent News/REX/Shutterstock

Marvel at some of the most colourful places on Earth

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Ingenuity How the Mars helicopter will fly on another planet

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The history of cheating death A timeline of cryonics

Cryonics: Could you live forever? © Getty Images

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Cryonics Could you live forever?

Moonbase 2030

Moonbase 2030 The UK missions that are laying the groundwork for a permanent lunar station.

BBC Focus Crossword

BBC Science Focus Crossword solution #352

Human intestine with intestinal bacteria, 3D illustration

The human microbiome Everything you need to know about the 39 trillion microbes that call our bodies home

Solar system. Artwork of the eight planets orbiting the Sun (upper centre), as seen from the orbit of Saturn (lower left). The orbits of the planets are shown as blue lines. Distances and sizes are not to scale. In their order from the Sun, the planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars (the small, rocky inner planets), Jupiter (centre right), Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (the outer gas giant planets). The latter two are at upper left. In August 2006, Pluto (not shown) became a Dwarf planet. The asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter) is also seen, and the Milky Way galaxy is in the background.

The Solar System How do we know how it formed?

A Scientist’s Guide to Life: How to bake bread brilliantly © Getty Images

Everyday science

A scientist’s guide to life How to bake bread brilliantly

Black holes: how did we discover these 'dark stars'? © Getty Images

Black holes What are they and how did we discover them?

Music: How it affects your brain, changes your mood and helps you focus © Getty Images

Music How it affects your brain, your mood and your focus

Water is coming...

After humanity A timeline of the Earth after we go extinct