‘I’m good, I promise’: the loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player
The long read: I was once Ireland’s No 1 player, and tried for years to climb the global ranks. But life at the bottom of the top can be brutal
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The muscle miracle: can I build enough in my 60s to make it to 100 – even though I’ve never weight-trained?
To live a long and healthy life, you need plenty of muscle. But we all start losing it in our 50s. Can a 60-year-old man build himself up – and maybe even get a little ripped?
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Retinoids work, wipes don’t: 21 things I’ve learned about skin care
What to spend your money on and what not to: Sali Hughes’s lessons from 33 years in the beauty industry
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The Norwegian secret: how friluftsliv boosts health and happiness
The idea of communing with nature is instilled from birth in Norway. I hiked through a rain-drenched forest to try it myself
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Don’t check the clock! 15 ways to get back to sleep when you wake at 3am
It is normal and natural to wake in the early hours – but it can feel disastrous. Follow these simple steps to help you drift off
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A beautiful, broken America: what I learned on a 2,800-mile bus ride from Detroit to LA
Gone are the small, clean, cheap motels and public spaces where anyone can find a place to nurse a cup of coffee. Yet the camaraderie of the Greyhound is hanging on
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Gulf stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests
A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis
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Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests
A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis
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Bernie Sanders, Elon Musk and White House seeking my help, says ‘godfather of AI’
Dr Geoffrey Hinton has been inundated with requests to talk after quitting Google to warn about risk of digital intelligence
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Sleeping beauties: the evolutionary innovations that wait millions of years to come good
Some organisms truck along slowly for aeons before suddenly surging into dominance – and something similar often happens with human inventions, too. But why?
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Volcanic microbe eats CO2 ‘astonishingly quickly’, say scientists
Discovery of carbon-capturing organism in hot springs could lead to efficient way of absorbing climate-heating gas
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Ready for launch: the mission to find alien life on Jupiter’s icy moons
The eight-year, £1.4bn voyage into deep space will explore the frozen oceans of Ganymede, Europa and Callisto
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Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery
The long read: Elvira and her brothers, Ricard and Ramón, were left at a train station in Barcelona aged two, four and five. As an adult, when Elvira decided to look for her parents, she discovered a family history wilder than anything she had imagined
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The impossible job: inside the world of Premier League referees
Players, pundits and fans complain bitterly that referees are getting worse each season – but is that fair?
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‘One billionaire at a time’: inside the Swiss clinics where the super-rich go for rehab
The long read: For the ultra-wealthy and the super-famous, regular therapy won’t do
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Is modern life ruining our powers of concentration?
Is the ping of a text stealing our focus or do we just lack willpower? And could mindless scrolling ever be good for our brains? Elle Hunt unpacks some surprising truths
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‘Firmageddon’: Oregon conifers suffer record die-off as climate crisis hits hard
More than a million acres of state forest contain trees that have succumbed to stressors exacerbated by a multi-year drought
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Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century
The long read: By the end of the century, Africa will be home to 40% of the world’s population – and nowhere is this breakneck-pace development happening faster than this 600-mile stretch between Abidjan and Lagos
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‘This is what a river should look like’: Dutch rewilding project turns back the clock 500 years
Europe’s largest river restoration is making changes across the entire landscape, bringing benefits to wildlife and people
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Were you a ‘parentified child’? What happens when children have to behave like adults
When parents cast a child into the role of mediator, friend and carer, the wounds are profound. But recovery is possible
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'London Bridge is down': the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death
The long read: She is venerated around the world. She has outlasted 12 US presidents. She stands for stability and order. But her kingdom is in turmoil, and her subjects are in denial that her reign will ever end. That’s why the palace has a plan.
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Spat at, abused and run off the road: why do some people hate cyclists so much?
Bike riders have always faced aggression from car drivers. But they now find themselves on the latest front in the culture wars – with anger whipped up by the rightwing press
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Scotty Pippen Jr and Shareef O’Neal chase NBA dream amid long shadows
The Lakers’ Summer League roster included a pair of NBA scions whose Hall of Fame fathers cast lengthy shadows over their pro prospects
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The big idea: have we been getting sleep all wrong?
Eight hours a day is a myth. Embracing our individual sleeping patterns could be the key to a better night’s rest
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‘That’s it? It’s over? I was 30. What a brutal business’: pop stars on life after the spotlight moves on
Musicians from Bob Geldof to Robbie Williams and Lisa Maffia reveal what they did – and how they felt – after the hits dried up and the crowds vanished
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Mud-caked feet, berries for breakfast and hiding from hunters: my life as a deer
When still a teenager, Geoffroy Delorme dropped out of his lonely childhood to live among the animals in the woods of Normandy – and stayed for seven years. What did it do to him?
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‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green
The long read: In northern Norway, trees are rapidly taking over the tundra and threatening an ancient way of life that depends on snow and ice
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‘I’d keep it on the down low’: the secret life of a super-recogniser
Police employ them and scientists study them, but what is life like for the rare few who can never forget a face? Super-recogniser Yenny Seo didn’t think it was anything special
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100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying
Whether it’s taking fruit to work (and to the bedroom!), being polite to rude strangers or taking up skinny-dipping, here’s a century of ways to make life better, with little effort involved …
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The tragic missteps that killed a young California family on a hike
The incident serves as a reminder to thoroughly map, plan ahead and be well-prepared when hiking, no matter the season
