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Our bodies emit a stream of low-energy photons, and now experiments in mice have revealed that this ghostly glow is cut off ...

The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition and weird behaviour ...

Cases of dementia doubled worldwide between 1990 and 2021, but more than quadrupled in China during the same period ...

Very large hail – hailstones more than 5 centimetres in diameter – poses a growing threat to Europe as the climate warms, ...

As the number of electric vehicles increases, their increased demand could strain the grid – but small financial incentives ...

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