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Honey is said to help with hay fever symptoms – here’s what the research says about this claim
Honey has a long history as a revered natural remedy across many cultures. Ancient...
‘A blind and deaf mind’: what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice
Can you imagine seeing things in your mind? Can you hear an inner voice when you...
After 10 years of work, landmark study reveals new ‘tree of life’ for all birds living today
The largest-ever study of bird genomes has produced a remarkably clear picture of...
History’s crisis detectives: how we’re using maths and data to reveal why societies collapse – and clues about the future
American humorist and writer Mark Twain is believed to have once said, “History...
I’ve studied sand dunes for 40 years – here’s what people find most surprising
Here are five things I have learned that may surprise you
Stingray sand ‘sculpture’ on South Africa’s coast may be oldest example of humans creating an image of another creature
South Africa’s Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors...
Snakebites: we thought we’d created a winning new antivenom but then it flopped. Why that turned out to be a good thing
Snakebites kill over 100,000 people each year, and hundreds of thousands of survivors...
Aphantasia: ten years since I coined the term for lacking a mind’s eye – the journey so far
Words are powerful things. In 2015, with the help of a friend versed in the classics...
Finland is the happiest country in the world – but our research suggests the rankings are wealth and status-oriented
Finland steadily ranks as the happiest country in the world. In March 2024 the country...
Why did modern humans replace the Neanderthals? The key might lie in our social structures
Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals,...
Ditching meat could release vital land to produce energy and remove carbon from the atmosphere – new study
A radical reduction in the amount of meat, dairy and other products sourced from...
The middle-aged brain changes a lot – and it’s key to understanding dementia
Our brains change more rapidly at various times of our lives, as though life’s clock...
Chinese "internet-famous cities" find key to development
This past winter, Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province just went viral,...
New evidence for an unexpected player in Earth’s multimillion-year climate cycles: the planet Mars
Our existence is governed by natural cycles, from the daily rhythms of sleeping...
It’s a myth that male animals are usually larger than females – new study
Males are bigger than females, right? Generally, this is true of humans – imagine...
Mass extinction: our fossil study reveals which types of species are most at risk from climate change
Many experts believe we may soon face a mass extinction event, with a high proportion...