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Environment

Five climate megaprojects that might just save the world

From solar power stations in space to stabilising melting glaciers, some researchers are proposing extremely ambitious and risky projects to fight climate change. Could they work?

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Wireless power from space

Humans

Stick or twist: How to improve the outcomes of your big life decisions

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Stick or twist: How to improve the outcomes of your big life decisions

Health

Ketamine’s unlikely conversion from rave drug to mental health therapy

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Cassandra Cooksey undergoes a ketamine treatment at Nushama in New York, Jan. 10, 2022. Thanks to legal loopholes and a patchwork of compelling research, businesses like Nushama in New York City are writing the rules as they go. (Victor Llorente/The New York Times) / Redux / eyevine Please agree fees before use. SPECIAL RATES MAY APPLY. For further information please contact eyevine tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 e-mail: info@eyevine.com www.eyevine.com
The surprising promise and profound perils of AIs that fake empathy

Technology

The surprising promise and profound perils of AIs that fake empathy

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Health

How concussion can lead to brain damage - and what to do to prevent it

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How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life's origins

Space

How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life's origins

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Health

The unexpected ways your skin impacts your health and longevity

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Dishabituation: How to trick your brain to find more joy in life

Mind

Dishabituation: How to trick your brain to find more joy in life

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Space

Why we're finally on the cusp of finding exomoons around other planets

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D84PBB NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula.

Mind

Is the human brain really the most complex object in the universe?

There are 86 billion neurons in your brain, roughly the same number as there are galaxies in the observable universe. Whether the mind is more complex than the cosmos, however, is up for debate

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Mind

Neural-network brain scans are revealing how to boost your creativity

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Mind

How entropy and equilibrium can help explain consciousness

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Why forgetting things is a key part of the way your brain works

Mind

Why forgetting things is a key part of the way your brain works

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The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain

Mind

The hidden evolutionary advantages of the teenage brain

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