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Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

We’re finally abandoning BMI for better ways to assess body fat

Specific cognitive training has 'astonishing' effect on dementia risk

Jeff Goldblum should make a film about this legendary mathematician

Physicists can now take control of 'hidden' friction in devices

Seafarers were visiting remote Arctic islands over 4000 years ago

Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate

Physicists warn of 'catastrophic' impact from UK science cuts

Why exercise isn't much help if you are trying to lose weight

Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior

Moving inductions to early morning could shorten labour by 6 hours