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Science

  • Nadia Mohd-Radzman, with glasses and in a headscarf and cotton jacket, stands in front of vegetable market stalls holding a bunch of broad beans and grinning

    Mental health
    Broad beans could be the cure to Britain’s blues, says Cambridge research scientist

    Sustainable and nutritious, fava beans are being hailed by Nadia Mohd-Radzman as vital for the UK’s mental health
  • A doctor taking a sample from a woman's mouth

    Cancer research
    Type of mouth bacteria ‘melts’ some cancers, study finds

  • Freud pictured in 1921.

    Psychology
    Freud was ‘misunderstood’ and wasn’t so obsessed with sex, new analysis of work suggests

  • A woman sitting on a bench among trees in autumn

    Language
    What is ‘nature’? Dictionaries urged to include humans in definition

  • Nasa’s Perseverance rover on the arid surface of Mars having taken what looks like a selfie

    Mars
    Nasa rover discovery hints at ancient microbial life on Mars

  • Nasa astronauts wearing blue spacesuits walk into craft

    Space
    No return date for Nasa astronauts amid problems with Boeing Starliner capsule

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News

  • Jess Thom in sports gear under an arch with green leaves and bunting

    Top Olympic tips for mental resilience to enhance success

  • A middle-aged white women standing on a stage talking to an unseen audience

    Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment

  • Computer-generated abstract fractal background of blue glowing quantum energy correlation in space

    ‘A huge opportunity’: Quantum leap for UK as tech industry receives £100m boost

  • Profile of a robot humanoid face surrounded by maths symbols

    Google DeepMind takes step closer to cracking top-level maths

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Coronavirus

  • Impassive moping … Coma

    Coma review – vital signs are weak in Bertrand Bonello’s mopey lockdown drama

  • Baroness Heather Hallett

    The Guardian view on the Covid inquiry’s first report: poor preparation with tragic consequences

  • Devi Sridhar

    The Covid inquiry report makes it clear: Britain was completely and fatally unprepared

    Devi Sridhar
  • A child wearing inhaling through a mask with an inhaler attached

    Rise in Covid jab rates may protect children against asthma attacks, study finds

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Opinion

  • Children walk single file between patches of water, with temporary shelters in the background.

    Children in Gaza are now at risk of polio as well as bombs – we need a ceasefire now

    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
  • Robin McKie

    Turn off Netflix and take the stairs: let’s aim to die healthy rather than just live longer

    Robin McKie
  • Handful of psychedelic pills

    Psychedelic drugs have great therapeutic benefit – if understood on their own terms

    Ross Ellenhorn and Dimitri Mugianis
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Forget the 5am starts! Night owls like me possess the real secret of success

    Arwa Mahdawi
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Science Weekly podcast

  • One of the largest elephant in in the world. Craig the super tusker just outside Amboseli national park in Kenya.

    Trophy hunting: can killing and conservation go hand in hand? - podcast

  • Protest march in support of jailed Just Stop Oil activists outside the houses of parliament

    George Monbiot on the record jail terms given to Just Stop Oil activists – podcast

    Columnist and campaigner George Monbiot tells Ian Sample why the record sentences handed down to Just Stop Oil activists are so significant
  • The hands of a woman holding a glass of water and a tray of vitamins

    Is there any point in taking multivitamins? – podcast

    Ian Sample hears from JoAnn Manson, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, to find out what the evidence tells us about the overall health benefits of multivitamins, and how consumers can navigate this large and sometimes confusing market
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Key issues

  • Computer-generated abstract fractal background of blue glowing quantum energy correlation in space

    Physics
    ‘A huge opportunity’: Quantum leap for UK as tech industry receives £100m boost

  • Jonathan Kennedy

    Biology
    Men are spending more time looking after their children – and it’s not just cultural, it’s in their genes

    Jonathan Kennedy

    • Space
      Nasa rover discovery hints at ancient microbial life on Mars

    • Genetics
      Practice doesn’t always make perfect – that’s why you’re not in the Olympics

      Martha Gill

    • Medical research
      One man’s mission to revive a forgotten, life-saving cancer drug

    • Psychology
      Ever thought of ranking your friends in silly, random categories?

Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle

  • Uluru / Ayer's Rock at sunset with Iconic Kangaroo Sign. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.<br>AY05FM Uluru / Ayer's Rock at sunset with Iconic Kangaroo Sign. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Can you outwit the wizards of Oz?

  • Dave Gray Archive<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: An aerial view of the central business district (CBD) and Sydney Opera House on February 17, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images)

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Can you outwit the wizards of Oz?

  • A proud mother duck leads her ducklings across a blue lake in Springtime.<br>P12NEY A proud mother duck leads her ducklings across a blue lake in Springtime.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Simple puzzles almost everybody gets wrong

  • Posed by model Young handsome man over isolated background surprised with hand on head for mistake, remember error. Forgot, bad memory concept.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Simple puzzles almost everybody gets wrong

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Multimedia

  • Close-up of endangered Red Handfish embryos

    Beaker Street science photography prize – in pictures

  • Boeing's Starliner capsule finally made its much-delayed first crewed flight from Cape Canaveral

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    Boeing's Starliner spacecraft lifts off carrying two Nasa astronauts to ISS – video

    Boeing's Starliner capsule finally made its much-delayed first crewed flight from Cape Canaveral
  • Gliese 12b is the size of Earth, or slightly smaller, like Venus. And its surface temperature is estimated to be a balmy 42C

    Australian student helps discover potentially habitable planet the size of Earth – video

    Gliese 12b is the size of Earth, or slightly smaller, like Venus. And its surface temperature is estimated to be a balmy 42C
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