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Can training your sense of smell help reverse cognitive decline?

A declining ability to detect scents is linked to conditions including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. But restoring sensitivity to smell might not only reduce cognitive decline – studies also show it could even reverse it. Our reporters put the latest scent training kits to the test and explored the research behind our our most neglected sense. …

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Liquid physics: Inside the lab making black hole analogues on Earth

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The Titanic's twin: Digitally exploring the famous shipwreck

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Indiana Jones vs Lara Croft: Ranking the best fictional archaeologists

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The clocks that helped define time from London's Royal Observatory

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Five physicists discuss the achievements and future of quantum theory

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The MAGIC Lab uses psychology to understand perception and free will

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A new picture of autism in girls is emerging, says Gina Rippon

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How mudlarks are uncovering thousands of years of London's history

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Astronomer reviews the sci-fi movies that get creative with physics

Space is a favourite setting for many Hollywood films, but just how accurate are their portrayals? Patricia Skelton, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, sheds some light on the scientific rigour of her favourite movies. For example, during an explosive space battle scene in Star Trek, a crew member is tossed out into space …

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Visualising Britain's fashion waste problem with cyanotype photography

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Ruth Belville: How the Greenwich Time Lady kept London ticking

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How optical clocks are redefining time and physics

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Watch the partial solar eclipse from London's Royal Observatory

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Can art help scientists better understand the quantum universe?

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Climate experiment predicts how trees may respond to future CO2 levels

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