Science
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HEALTH: Eating oats could lower your cholesterol in just two days
The health benefits of a two-day porridge diet lasted for weeks afterwards
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April 2026
BBC Science Focus
Most people are too sure they can identify fake human faces
Even 'super recognisers' struggle with the challenge. Can you do better?
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April 2026
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WHAT'S THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO FOR THE PLANET ONLINE?
Human beings can barely move a muscle without some kind of deleterious effect on the environment around us.
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April 2026
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A bug in the system
The complex arrangement of equipment you see here is part of a particle accelerator.
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April 2026
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Snug as a bug in a rug
At first glance, you might feel envious of this little leafhopper, swaddled beneath the folds of what appears to be a luxurious fur blanket.
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April 2026
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WHY DO WE ROOT FOR THE VILLAIN IN MOVIES?
Whether it's Darth Vader or Cruella de Vil, we all have a favourite movie villain.
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April 2026
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A TURN TO DISPERSE
Why a fart walk after dinner does more than release your gas
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April 2026
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Hatching a nebula
Welcome to the Egg Nebula, an enigmatic structure formed by ejected stardust in the Cygnus constellation around 1,000 light-years from Earth.
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April 2026
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7 TIMES AI GOT IT SPECTACULARLY WRONG
For the past four years, AI has been reshaping how we work and live. But its failures are proving just as transformative as its triumphs
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April 2026
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CHARLES ADCOCK, VIA EMAIL: COULD DARK MATTER BE ALL AROUND PLANET EARTH BUT UNDETECTABLE?
Astronomers have gathered overwhelming evidence that 80 per cent of all matter in the Universe is invisible.
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April 2026
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ASTRONOMY FOR BEGINNERS
THE LYRIDS WHEN: SHOWER BEGINS 15 APRIL, PEAKS 21-23 APRIL
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April 2026
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AYDIN ANDREWS, VIA EMAIL: WHY DO MEN TEND TO HAVE WORSE HANDWRITING THAN WOMEN?
Multiple studies have shown that women write faster and more legibly than men.
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April 2026
BBC Science Focus
THE PROCRASTINATION TRAP
Can't stop dilly-dallying over your to-do list? Psychologists say the culprit isn't sloth, but stress. And the fix could be surprisingly simple
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April 2026
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EVOLUTION: Burning ourselves could be how humans evolved so successfully
New research suggests fire was key to human evolution – but not in the way we previously thought
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April 2026
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Space was never really peaceful. Now everyone's stopped pretending
From lasers to space planes, the battle for space is already underway – and everyone wants to win it
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April 2026
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REBECCA WEBB, NEWRY: SHOULD I START USING AN ICE ROLLER?
Cold substances have been used to treat skin problems for centuries.
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April 2026
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IS MY DOG BRAINWASHING ME FOR TREATS?
It's true, I really do love my dog more than most humans and I refuse to believe I'm being brainwashed... but if I was being brainwashed, that's exactly what I would say.
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April 2026
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CORE MEMORIES
As Apple turns 50 this April, we take a look at some of the company's most iconic products, the flops that helped shape it, and what could be coming next
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April 2026
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JOSHUA HUGHES, VIA EMAIL: WHAT'S THE WORLD'S LONGEST OIL SPILL?
In 1941, the battleship USS Arizona sank during the attack on Pearl Harbour, along with nearly 5,000 tonnes of oil in its fuel tanks.
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April 2026
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WATCH YOUR MOUTH
The more we learn about the microbiome living in our mouths, the more we discover the surprising extent to which our oral health affects our overall health
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April 2026
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How to stop taking weight loss drugs, without the weight returning
Weight gain is likely for anyone coming off weight-loss drugs – but it's not inevitable
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April 2026
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THE JESUS CHRIST LIZARD
Please, please, if you've never done so, head over to the internet and find yourself a video of the common basilisk, aka the 'Jesus Christ lizard', running on water.
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April 2026
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NICOLE PORTER, VIA EMAIL: WHAT IS THE 'RETURNING SOLDIER EFFECT'? IS IT REAL?
It's an effect that could be interpreted as divine intervention - a karmic response to men being lost in combat.
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April 2026
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WHAT'S THE MOST SECRET PLACE THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE LOCKED AWAY?
It's human nature to be curious about places where we're forbidden from going. But there are often good reasons for keeping us out. From sites housing deadly materials to the locations of precious artefacts, here's the science behind some of the most restricted areas on Earth.
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April 2026
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ARCHAEOLOGY: Bird poop powered one of the Americas' greatest ancient kingdoms
Archaeological analysis of items from a South American kingdom reveals their prosperity was built on guano
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April 2026
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THE FART DETECTOR
A new (under)wearable sensor sits in your pants and sniffs your farts, in the hopes of revealing clues about your gut health
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April 2026
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THE TREE-TOP TIME MACHINE
An ambitious project about to get underway in the Amazon rainforest intends to see how the trees will respond to the CO₂ levels of the future.
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April 2026
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Bowel cancer rates are rising. Everyone wants to know why
Deaths from the main types of cancer in people under 50 are falling. But for bowel cancer, they're increasing
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April 2026
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UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF AUTISM
New biotech is helping scientists pull back the curtain on the developing brain and reveal the causes of autism
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April 2026
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EDITOR'S PICKS...
This month's smartest tech
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