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At $37 trillion and counting, the national debt is in the stratosphere. That hasn't stopped the space cadets in the federal government from proposing to launch even more taxpayer dollars into a ...

I've been a science writer going on fifteen years now, but before that I worked as a certified personal trainer. In between workout sessions, my clients would often ask for nutrition advice. I'd tell ...

Humans may be living longer on average these days, but, even so, only a fraction of us will live to see our 100th birthday. Yet the reasons why only a select few will become centenarians still ...

If you spend any time in the wellness corners of TikTok or Instagram, you'll see claims women need one to two hours more sleep than men. But what does the research actually say? And how does this ...

It's hard to disagree with the goal of a circular economy. Since resources on Earth are ultimately finite, at some point we will have to make the most of what we build and consume (unless we move to ...

When actor Orlando Bloom revealed recently that he'd undergone a procedure to have his blood "cleaned", many people raised eyebrows. The Pirates of the Caribbean star had turned to a treatment ...

As a mild-mannered statistics professor, it's not often that I get contacted directly by the CEO of a multi-million-dollar company, much less regarding allegations of cheating and malfeasance ...

Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the Solar System? The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s. Labelled as planet X, prominent ...

Renewable energy seems increasingly inevitable. Falling wind and solar prices, coinciding with government Net Zero commitments and rising electricity demand from data centers and electric vehicles,

You're standing at your front door, facing a five kilometre commute to work. But you don't have your car, and there's no bus route. You can walk for an hour - or jump on your bicycle and ...