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Back to SearchWhat’s happened to all the butterflies?
Butterfly numbers in the UK appear to be at the lowest on record after a wet spring and summer dampened their chances of mating. This comes on top of…
1 year, 8 months ago
Just how bad is alcohol for us?
For the regular drinker it is a source of great comfort: the fat pile of studies that say a daily tipple is better for a longer life than avoiding al…
1 year, 8 months ago
How Team GB’s psychologist gets the athletes mentally ready
Jess Thom, lead psychologist for Team GB, tells Madeleine Finlay how she prepares athletes for failure and success – and the challenges that arise wh…
1 year, 9 months ago
Secrets of ageing: making our last years count
Humans have always been obsessed with getting old, or rather staying young, but now science is beginning to catch up. Longevity has become a hot topi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Secrets of ageing: how long could I live?
Humans have always been obsessed with getting old, or rather staying young, and now science is beginning to catch up. Longevity has become a hot topi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Secrets of ageing: what makes me age?
Humans have always been obsessed with getting old, or rather staying young, but now science is beginning to catch up. Longevity has become a hot topi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Trophy hunting: can killing and conservation go hand in hand?
A series of super tusker elephant killings has sparked a bitter international battle over trophy hunting and its controversial, often-counterintuitiv…
1 year, 9 months ago
George Monbiot on the record jail terms given to Just Stop Oil activists
Last week, five supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign who conspired to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway were sentenced to lengt…
1 year, 9 months ago
Is there any point in taking multivitamins?
Multivitamins are cheap, convenient, and provide a little bit of reassurance if our diet isn’t quite as healthy as we’d like. But a recent study of n…
1 year, 9 months ago
Can the climate survive AI’s thirst for energy?
Artificial intelligence companies have lofty ambitions for what the technology could achieve, from curing diseases to eliminating poverty. But the en…
1 year, 9 months ago