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Google updates policies to fight AI manipulation

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The 1950s blunder causing mass allergies in Japan

By Nithin Coca

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Science of Fitness

The benefits of five minutes of exercise per day

By Melissa Hogenboom

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How chewing more boosts your brain

By Sandy Ong

A researcher at the indoor research facility at the University of Tennessee inspects grass under a row of LED lights elevated just a few inches off the ground (Credit: Steven Bridges/University of Tennessee)

Pitch perfect? The science of World Cup grass

By Johnny Kauffman

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The obscure hallucinogen healing PTSD

By Chris Marshall

Earth

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Chernobyl’s wildlife: Surviving in a poisoned land

By Chris Baraniuk

Derelict Mil Mi-6 helicopter at Rassokha in 2006 (Credit: Phil Coomes/ BBC)

The abandoned vehicles in Chernobyl's 'dead zone'

By Stephen Dowling

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Bees and breadfruit: How Fijians predict cyclones

By Frankie Adkins

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Humpback whales are forming super-groups

By Katherine Latham

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Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ancestors did

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Cherry Kearton: The eccentric influence on a young Sir David Attenborough

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