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Doctor’s orders: Eat ice cream, and other tips for a long and healthy life
It may not sound like a New Year's resolution, but Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is serving up some unusual advice as you start out 2026: Eat your ice cream. "Ice cream will make you happy, and...
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Wellbeing in 2026: Recovery, JOMO and brain boosters
Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Getty ImagesWellbeing has become such a priceless (or in many cases pricey) endeavour that we can't seem to get enough of it.Last year, we were mainlining magnesium, consuming creatine - a muscle boosting...
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I Finally Figured Out What Productivity Hack Helps Me Crush My New Year’s Resolutions
There are a lot of ways I trick myself into meeting my goals, like coming up with various rewards and punishments for myself...
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This Rally Orbital Massager Is My Tech Upgrade of the Week
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Hospital flu cases drop as NHS on cold weather alert
Nick TriggleHealth correspondentGetty ImagesThe number of patients in hospital with flu has fallen in England, but NHS bosses are warning the cold snap could increase the pressure on the health service in the coming days.The start of January is...
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Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master
The New Scientist Book Club moved from the dystopian near-future imagined by Grace Chan in Every Version of You...
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The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot
Not being a sex robot myself, I had to take an imaginative leap to write from the perspective of...
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Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
“Come to bed, Mouse. I know how to cheer you up,” he says.
“I’m not brooding,” Annie says.
“You sure?”
“Fairly sure.”
She...
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Chickenpox vaccines for children on NHS starts across UK
Philippa Roxby and Smitha MundasadHealth reportersGetty ImagesAll young children in the UK can now be offered protection against chickenpox for the first time on the NHS.The vaccine will be combined with the existing MMR jab, given at 12 and...