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‘I can’t go to the bathroom without a coffee’: Is it true that coffee makes you poo?

You may find that after a cup of coffee in the morning, you suddenly need the toilet. Alice Callahan is here to explain why this is and how it can help you

UK could reach 90,000 infections a day by Christmas, experts warn

Health officials in Whitehall are becoming increasingly worried by the emerging data on omicron, as NHS bosses warned that a significant rise in cases could add to current healthcare pressures

Trove of new dinosaur fossils in Italy helps rewrite prehistory of the Mediterranean region

These skeletons represent the biggest and most complete dinosaur fossils ever found in Italy

Air and water pollution linked to changes in human sex ratio at birth, study finds

Researchers do not find a cause-effect relationship between sex ratio at birth and pollutants

Fossil footprints in Tanzania shed light on the first instances when early humans began walking upright

Scientists previously thought some of the footprints were made by a young bear walking upright

True threat posed by omicron unlikely to be known until new year, warn government advisers

‘The worse the problem is going to be, the earlier we will know,’ say members of Sage sub-group

Do we live in a simulation? One little known theory proves Elon Musk wrong

Physicists believe the universe is unlikely to be simulated because they have tried to simulate it themselves for decades - and failed

Scientists find strange new dinosaur in Chile with a tail that looks like a battle axe

The new species has a tail unlike any other creatures that lived at that time

What’s the secret to living past 100?

Why some people join the century club and others don’t is still a bit of a mystery. But, as Richard Faragher and Nir Barzilai explain, science is getting closer to the answer

Stargazing in December: The Christmas comet is coming!

What guided the three wise men to Bethlehem? You’ll be able to spot two possible contenders yourself this month, writes Nigel Henbest

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