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Creatine is one of the most widely used sports supplements across the world.

Magnetic signatures hidden inside rocks tell us a lot about Earth's magnetic field and the way continents and tectonic plates have shifted across millennia - but for some periods, the geological record doesn't make much sense.

Our gut is full of tiny creatures that help us digest our food, protect us from harmful intruders, and act as the telephone line between our digestive system and brain.

Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3 am and wonder if something's wrong.

Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults published in 2023 suggests - not in our DNA code itself, but in how that code is expressed.

When metal alloys are processed during manufacturing, the atoms of the combined elements are mixed together at random, according to conventional wisdom - but new research challenges this thinking, revealing hidden atomic patterns that persist.

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

To take a picture, the best digital cameras on the market open their shutter for around around one four-thousandths of a second.

When did you last find yourself with some spare time on your hands? A lack of free time, or 'temporal inequity', could be contributing to dementia risk, according to a new study.

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