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Parasites get a bad rap: they can make us sick or even kill us.

Is it possible for us to spend less time asleep and enjoy extra waking years for leisure and work?

Every day human beings make around 200 decisions about what to eat. But what drives these choices?

What's the recipe for making a song a global hit?

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