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Negative social ties, like frenemies, could be ageing you

25 July 2025

Having someone in your life who hassles you or causes problems could be adding 2.5 months to your biological age


Could combatting loneliness extend the lives of people with obesity?

30 January 2024

A recent study suggests that reducing social isolation among people with obesity helps them live longer, but it's not easy to prove that's definitely the case


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·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Live: What we are most looking forward to seeing in 2023

21 September 2023

Here’s what members of the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ editorial team are keenest to catch at the world’s greatest festival of ideas and discovery, which runs from 7 to 9 October


Different animals experience the world differently

Weird ways that animals experience the world differently to us

5 September 2023

Many animals sense their surroundings in ways that are hard to imagine. Christie Taylor spoke to journalist Ed Yong about these different perspectives


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Leaving Twitter? Here's what other social media platforms offer

7 December 2022

With the platform looking a little the worse for wear after its recent acquisition by Elon Musk, Annalee Newitz tries the best alternatives, so you don’t have to


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Wild Wild Life newsletter: The world’s most controversial animals

22 March 2022

Around the world, human-animal conflict is rife in our cities. Yet despite the problems some animals cause, we can't help but love them.


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Should your new year's resolution be to cut your carbon footprint?

29 December 2021

Are you thinking about going green in 2022? Cutting your personal carbon footprint can help, but it is important to engage with others and encourage wider efforts to tackle climate change, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe


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All hail London’s urban jungle as it becomes first national park city

17 July 2019

With impressive biodiversity and ecosystems, London should set a trend for metropolises everywhere as it becomes the first National Park City in the world


If we’re in the Meghalayan, whatever happened to the Anthropocene?

If we’re in the Meghalayan, whatever happened to the Anthropocene?

19 July 2018

The decision to label our current geological phase the Meghalayan rather than the Anthropocene is misguided, say Mark Maslin and Simon Lewis


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The psychology that explains how Trump's divisive rhetoric won

10 November 2016

How did Donald Trump's nationalist mantra that the US was becoming second-rate take such a strong hold in the American psyche, wonders Chris Simms


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