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Did you solve it? Chapeau! A smart new hat puzzle

The answer to today’s peaky poserEarlier today I set you this logic puzzle. Here...

Can you solve it? Chapeau! A smart new hat puzzle

Logicians and their bonnetsUPDATE: Read the solution hereToday’s puzzle is a new...

Can degrowth save the climate? – podcast

Since the 1960s, global GDP has been rapidly rising and living standards have re...

The truth about fat, and its complex role in our health...

For a long time fat was seen simply as an inert yellow substance wrapping around...

Psychedelics for depression, dart frog poison and why d...

Madeleine Finlay sits down with science editor Ian Sample and science correspond...

These cuts to physics research will be a disaster for U...

If plans by the UK’s science funding body go ahead, we won’t be able to benefit ...

Why is monogamy in crisis? The animal kingdom could giv...

As fewer people choose to pair up, let alone marry, it could be that our species...

Things reek, stink and pong – but why are there no verb...

We don’t have a single verb to express smelling something nice. Welsh and Croati...

Spectacular aurora captured from space by Russian cosmo...

Aurora lights shimmering over Earth were filmed on camera by Russia's space agen...

The influencer racing to save Thailand’s most endangere...

Amateur conservationist and social media influencer Theerasak 'Pop' Saksritawee ...

Astronauts leave ISS before splashing down on Earth in ...

This is the moment a SpaceX capsule left the International Space Station on an e...

COP30: Trump and many leaders are skipping it, so does ...

The US president is notably absent from these UN climate talks, as are other wor...

Britain's energy bills problem - and why firms are paid...

Could the government's radical plan to change the way the UK distributes electri...

These robots can clean, exercise - and care for you in ...

It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this c...

Six possible effects of Trump's climate policy change

The announcement on Thursday removes the legal bedrock for much of US environmen...

The science of soulmates: Is there someone out there ex...

For many, the idea of soulmates still shapes how love is understood.