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Her night time routine is said to be the most Googled, a latest survey has found

So far, this has been a really good century for nerds, with lots of jobs, higher pay and an abundance of promotions. Then there’s the admiration we get, however reluctant it may seem, in almost every TV show and a multitude of movies. With the exception of medieval dramas, there’s…

While Keir Starmer states ‘trans women are women’

The president of World Athletics, Lord Sebastian Coe, has reacted to Lia Thomas becoming the first known transgender athlete to win a NCAA swimming title in the US

Yellow-bellied marmots might hold the key to preventing aging: the cat-sized rodents have a longer lifespan than expected for a mammal of their size.

For 80-year-olds, life expectancy could increase by almost three and a half years. For younger people, they will see a more dramatic change. FIsh and legumes are in, processed and red meat is out.

Biological metaphors for the city abound in daily use. You may live close to an “arterial” road or in the “heart” of a metropolis. You may work in one of the city’s “nerve centres” or exercise in a park described as the city’s “lungs”.

Yes, it is all about testosterone. [UPDATE: Post bumped, because a tech glitch kept people from being able to comment on it; that should be fixed now.]