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Some of our favourite songs make us sad, which may be why we like them

Why we enjoy songs that make us feel sad is unclear Klaus Vedfelt We can love a song despite it…

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Post-surgery infections may mainly be caused by bacteria in the skin’s microbiome

A scanning electron micrograph of Enterococcus faecalis bacteria, which can infect surgical wounds Science Photo Library/Alamy Surgical infections could primarily…

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Everything Must Go review: A fascinating guide to the apocalypse

Our fascination with end times might be partly down to one of our many cognitive biases Colin Temple/Alamy Everything Must GoDorian…

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Why AIs that tackle complex maths could be the next big breakthrough

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images For Bill Gates, artificial intelligence is the most important invention since the internet or the personal computer.…

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Watch AI-powered robots play soccer

Google DeepMind is now able to train tiny, off-the-shelf robots to square off on the soccer field. In a new…

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Why nutrition needs to be on the educational agenda

March was National Nutrition Month in the US, the latest in a decades-long campaign to improve eating habits. This year’s…

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Dedicated experiments needed to understand why dogs wag their tails

Chasing the tale Silvia Leonetti and colleagues in the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, the US and Denmark don’t quite explain why…

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Two brilliant new novels from Adrian Tchaikovsky show his range

In Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Alien Clay, prisoners live on a hostile alien world Gremlin/Getty Images Alien ClayAdrian Tchaikovsky (Tor) Service ModelAdrian…

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The Immune Mind review: How mental and physical health combine

What goes on in the gut microbiome (illustrated) may affect brain health THOM LEACH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The Immune MindMonty Lyman…

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How science can inspire ‘peak experiences’ that improve well-being

NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI In the middle of the last century, the psychologist Abraham Maslow set about investigating the…

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