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How to overcome your fears in four steps © iStock
The Human Body

Fear How to overcome phobias in 4 steps

Are we ready for real-life superpowers? © Marvel
The Human Body

Real life superpowers Are we ready to become X-Men or Avengers?

Sugar cattle, chocolate and giant sperm: 10 extraordinary insect facts © Getty Images
Nature

Extraordinary insects Sugar cattle, chocolate and giant sperm – welcome to the weird world of insects

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Supermassive black holes, like the one in this illustration, may have played a key role in transforming the nature of gas in the early Universe © ESA
Space

Twitter Q&A "What's your favourite black hole?"

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Space

Galaxy pictures 23 of NASA's best images of space

Freddie Mercury of Queen © Paul Natkin/WireImage
The Human Body

Freddie Mercury Why did the Queen frontman sound so good?

14 amazing photos from the BMC Ecology Image Competition 2018 © Pilar Oliva Vidal (University of Lleida – ETSEA, Spain)
Nature

14 amazing photos from the BMC Ecology Image Competition 2018

5 strange things you did before you were even born © Getty Images
The Human Body

Pregnancy 5 strange things you did before you were even born

Flying squirrels glow pink in UV © A. M. Kohler et al
News

Flying squirrels glow pink in UV

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A man rides a cart over the frozen 'Lake Cildir' in Aradahan Province of Turkey © Mehmet Ali Ozcan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Planet Earth

You think you’re cold? Here are some amazing photos of chilly people in freezing places

10 mathematical reasons you're not a millionaire… yet © Getty Images
Everyday science

10 mathematical reasons you’re not a millionaire… yet

InSight sends back first selfie from Mars © NASA
Space

More InSight selfies from the surface of Mars, please…

True or Poo? by Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti is available now (£9.99, Quercus)
Nature

Can you separate the truth from the poop in these animal facts?

The Solar System’s top 20 moons ranked. Why? Because we can… © NASA
Space

20 of the most amazing moons in the Solar System

Earth’s Final Frontier: 10 of the most mysterious places in the oceans © Magic Torch/BBC Focus magazine
Planet Earth

10 of the most mysterious places in the oceans