In this issue

The Essential Guide To Your Body

HOW TO MASTER YOUR METABOLISM

Ready to welcome a leaner, healthier you? It's time for a metabolic makeover. With a few simple, research-backed changes, you can supercharge your body's calorie-burning

8 mins

A BLUEPRINT FOR ANTI AGEING

Science says it's time to rethink - and take control - of our body's age. Here's how to slow, halt and potentially turn back your biological clock

10 mins

THE BROKEN MIRROR

Body dysmorphia - the all-consuming obsession with perceived flaws in our looks - is sweeping the globe. One in five young people is thought to be affected. What can be done and how is tech changing the way we see ourselves?

7 mins

SCROLL REVERSAL

Losing days by endlessly scrolling on your smartphone? You're not alone. Perhaps neuroscience can help us beat the urge

2 mins

Going back to the moon

ARTEMIS AND A NEW DAWN OF LUNAR EXPLORATION

3 mins

SAD CLOWN PARADOX: WHY TEARS OFTEN LIE BEHIND THE LAUGHS

Mental health issues are common among comedians and performing is just one way they can self-medicate

3 mins

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION: HOW COOKING CAN DAMAGE YOUR DNA

From roast dinners to scented candles, there are potentially harmful pollutants lurking in every home

3 mins

FARM OF THE FUTURE

Join the BBC's Planet Earth III film crew and go behind the scenes in the city farm that's transforming fields into towers and running almost everything with robots

8 mins

COULD ONE BOMB DESTROY THE WORLD?

How big a bang are arms manufacturers capable of creating?

2 mins

THE THREAT OF DAY ZERO

Queues at public water taps could become normal. What can we do to avoid them?

4 mins

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

The hit TV show The Last of Us imagined an apocalypse caused by a Cordyceps fungus turning humans into zombies. For many insects, real life isn't much different...

5 mins

Jazz could be the key to understanding quantum physics

An improvising soloist can play any note they want next. At the quantum level, electrons have a similar freedom

3 mins

CAN SCIENCE TURN A NIGHT OWL INTO A MORNING LARK?

If you're a night owl, you probably have a hard time dealing with a world that starts at 8am. But can science help you tinker with your body clock to make it easier to rise with the larks?

9 mins

Killer asteroids: how safe are we, really?

A new study suggests we're safe from big impacts, but it's the small ones we have to worry about

3 mins

THE MOST COLOURFUL SIGHTS ON EARTH

Long-distance travel is lovely, but it saves a bit of cash if we bring some of the planet's most spectacular natural places to you

4 mins

DO YOUR GENES INFLUENCE YOUR TASTE IN FOOD?

How DNA plays a role in shaping your menu choices

3 mins

HOW TO THINK RATIONALLY ABOUT AI

The entire planet is hooked on the conversation about AI and its sinister future. But if you ask those in the know (and we have), our future with machines looks entirely different to what the world's CEOs would have us believe. Here's how to stop worrying and maybe learn to love AI...

6 mins

Dark Earth: scientists unveil a new 'secret weapon' to combat deforestation

Ancient soil from the heart of the Amazon could help restore the planet's depleted rainforests

2 mins

MENTAL HEALTH IS OTHER PEOPLE

Enjoying the weather? Did you see the game? Small talk and simple face-to-face interactions have a bigger effect on our wellbeing than you might think. So, do you fancy a cuppa?

6 mins

Daily multivitamin can delay age-related memory loss

Study finds that a multivitamin pill a day keeps memory decline at bay

2 mins

Plants scream when we forget to water them

They sound a bit like bubble wrap being popped

1 min

The T. rex was actually a coward...sometimes

According to palaeontologists behind Apple TV+'s Prehistoric Planet 2, the Tyrannosaurus rex was more than willing to run from a fight

1 min

ARE MERMAIDS REAL?

A marine biologist reveals whether a half-human, half-fish could survive beneath the waves

3 mins

A VOLCANO ON VENUS HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF A RECENT ERUPTION

Images taken by the Magellan space probe in the 1990s could show evidence of eruptions or magma flow

3 mins

HOW TO AVOID THEM AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET BITTEN

With the number of critters on the rise, the UK is seeing increasing cases of tick-borne viruses already established in South Africa

3 mins

Is social media ruining childhood?

It's tempting to think that our digital lives on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are at fault, but there might be something altogether more analogue going on

9 mins

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SLIME

Runny noses, slippery sea creatures and that impossible-to-clean bit behind your sink all have one thing in common: slime. While it might make us cringe, life on Earth would be very different without it...

7 mins

GENEEDITED FOOD: WHERE'S MY SUPER MEAL?

Can gene editing create 'superfoods' that actually live up to the hype? Well, maybe...

3 mins

ANXIETY

Your ultimate guide to understanding, coping and conquering the inner demons

10 mins

Revealed: the spacesuit astronauts will wear for the next moonwalk

NASA has teamed up with private company Axiom Space to design its next-generation suits

1 min

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