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Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
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We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
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Genetic testing firm 23andMe cuts 40% of its workforce amid financial struggles
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Company says it will cut about 200 employees as value plummets in aftermath of huge data breach
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Exhaustion at work can lead to difficulty controlling emotions, scientists say
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Working long hours can lead to people having issues moderating behaviour due to ‘ego depletion’, research shows
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Did you solve it? The knotty problem of Paddington in Peru
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The answer to today’s Inca-nundrum
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Asthma linked to memory issues in children, research suggests
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Condition appears to affect episodic memory but researchers did not assess how it caused deficits
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LED lights on underside of surfboards may deter great white shark attacks
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Australian-led study using seal-shaped decoys finds lighting disrupts ability of predators to see silhouettes against sunlight above
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Covid denier who posted violent threats against Chris Whitty jailed for five years
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Patrick Ruane had targeted individuals online including chief medical officer
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Can you solve it? The knotty problem of Paddington in Peru
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Deciphering an ancient number system
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The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel review – the great scientist who created her own school
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A fresh and feminist study of the pioneering Nobel laureate reveals her impact on the women she mentored and set on the path to prominence
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UK trial to assess if red grape chemical can prevent bowel cancer
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Resveratrol, which is also found in blueberries and peanuts, has been found to slow tumour growth in mice
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How a second Trump term could further enrich Elon Musk: ‘There will be some quid pro quo’
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Experts say new government could blunt regulation and appoint officials sympathetic to Musk’s brood of companies
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Missed deadlines lead people to judge work more harshly, study says
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Research into psychology of people in US and UK suggests it is better to submit work on time rather than perfecting it through procrastination
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The creatine conundrum: can it really help your muscles and your brain?
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Long favoured by bodybuilders and other athletes, this supplement is breaking out into the mainstream, as study after study suggests a host of benefits for our minds as well as our bodies. Are there...
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‘Rachel had been ready to leave me if our IVF hadn’t worked’: writer Jack Thorne on how his family’s fertility struggles inspired his new film
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The screenwriter behind hit TV dramas National Treasure and Kiri, as well as the Harry Potter stage play, talks about his new, more personal project created with his wife - a feature film, Joy,...
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Children taken away from parents due to misreporting of drug tests, say experts
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Process for interpreting hair-strand tests can be misleading and carries a risk of racial bias, according to campaigners in England and Wales
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‘A therapist shouldn’t be giving you hugs’: readers share bad counselling experiences
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From inappropriate behaviour to encouraging patients to stop medication, reckless therapists can cause real damage
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Elephants can wash with a hose – and sabotage shower time, scientists say
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An elephant at Berlin zoo used its trunk to interrupt flow of water from hose used by another elephant
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‘Exciting’ new lupus treatment could end need for lifelong medication
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CAR T-cell genetic therapy, typically used in cancer patients, could lead to cure for the disease, says expert
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More than an hour of exercise a week may help with ‘baby blues’, says study
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Moderate exercise such as brisk walking may almost halve new mothers’ risk of major depression, analysis suggests
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Identity of casts of victims at Pompeii not all they seem, research suggests
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Scientists studying DNA find one person in scene of cowering family was a man and not a ‘mother’
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