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Health

Iodised salt has become uncool but many of us need to eat more iodine

Iodine deficiency is on the rise among people in the UK, the US and Australia. A century ago this led to drops in IQ, height and thyroid health – and the modern fancy salt fad may be leading to a resurgence, says columnist Alice Klein

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Environment

How a DIY worm farm can compost food scraps, paper or a whole kangaroo

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Mind

The best kind of olive oil for brain health

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Physics

How Anthony Leggett pushed the boundaries of quantum physics

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Health

Are humans degenerating genetically and getting dumber as a result?

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Health

A negative attitude towards ageing is making you age faster

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Technology

Social media is a defective product

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Space

What does it mean if the universe has extra dimensions?

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Mind

Why are we so suspicious of do-gooders?

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Space

What is a galaxy? That's a surprisingly difficult question to answer

Figuring out what really counts as a galaxy could give us insights into dark matter and potentially shake up astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics, says columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Humans

We’ve only just confirmed that Homo habilis really existed

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Mathematics

The secret to guessing more accurately with maths

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Space

Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it

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Physics

Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

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