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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

·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

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

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

Covid-19 news archive: Pfizer vaccine is 95 per cent effective

19 October 2020

This is an archive of the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ daily covid-19 news update.

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

Why Are Orangutans Orange?

6 October 2011

·ï»Ë²ÊƱ's latest book answers your science questions in pictures   with fascinating answers

Why Can't Elephants Jump?

29 September 2010

Five futurist visionaries and what they got right

6 May 2009

Many imagine what the future might hold for the human race, but few have thought so sharply about it, or tried to make their vision come true