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The Biggest Trial Yet Confirms Four-Day Workweek Makes Employees HappierThe largest yet study on a four-day workweek included 141 companies, 90 percent of which retained the…

Whether it’s an exam, flight or health check, some people take a sunny view of the future while others plan for catastrophes.Now researchers have found that…

First Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Shown Safe in Early Human TrialA hormone-free pill, called YCT-529, that temporarily stops sperm production by blocking a vitamin A…

Doctors in the UK have announced the birth of eight healthy babies after performing a groundbreaking procedure that creates IVF embryos with DNA from three people.…

‘Corn Sweat’ Is Making This Heat Wave Even WorseHumid heat is blanketing the eastern U.S. this week, exacerbated by “corn sweat” in the MidwestBy Andrea Thompson…

Almost 300 current and former US Nasa employees, including at least four astronauts, have issued a scathing dissent opposing the Trump administration’s sweeping and indiscriminate cuts…

Optimists Are Alike, but Pessimists Are Unique, Brain Scan Study SuggestsOptimists have similar patterns of brain activation when they think about the future—but pessimists are all…

Earlier today I set you five “Kennections”, a puzzle devised by legendary US quiz show contestant and host Ken Jennings.Each challenge consists of five trivia questions,…

Whom would you trust more: an expert who seems to have all of the answers or one who admits what they don’t know? We have spent…

Start watching for the Delta Aquariids meteor shower this week. The chart shows the view looking south-east from London at midnight on 28 July. The radiate…