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An end to communicable diseases?

By Robert Cottrell

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Why do we get the giggles?

By David Robson

Five hands raise forks to the air, three of them have sausages on them (Credit: BBC/ Javier Hirschfeld/ Getty Images)

The big problem at the heart of dietary advice

By Sally Adee

A family sits around a table enjoying a large pan of seafood paella (Credit: Getty Images)

Here's why we're getting mealtimes wrong

By Melissa Hogenboom

A topless man wearing sunglasses sunbathes on a beach (Credit: Getty Images)

How much sunshine do we really need?

By Claudia Posada

A cartoon explosion as knuckles are being cracked (Credit: BBC/ Serenity Strull/ Getty Images)

Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

By Sandy Ong

Melissa Hogenboom poses with homemade bread, bagels and oat bars on a kitchen counter (Credit: Stephen Parker)

Six easy swaps to avoid ultra-processed foods

By Melissa Hogenboom

Children drinking milk after a milking session at a farm in Leicestershire, UK, in 1937 (Credit: Getty Images)

Here's what to eat to keep your bones strong

By Melissa Hogenboom

A man dives into a pond by a grassy bank while three others swim nearby (Credit: Getty Images)

Open water swimming: How safe is it?

By Francis Hassard

Three women dancing at the Country Music Festival at Tooting Common, London (Credit: Getty Images)

What five minutes of dancing can do for your brain

By Melissa Hogenboom

Against a blue background, a hand-drawn picturs of a tooth, showing its roots, being watered with a watering can for flowers (Credit: BBC/ Serenity Strull)

Scientists are regrowing human teeth

By Sarah Sloat

Machinery painted red and green in a brick-walled room (Credit: Chris Baraniuk)

The unlikely hospital that pioneered air con

By Chris Baraniuk

A young boy holding a large tomato to their mouth while trying to take a bite (Credit: Getty Images)

The habits to get children eating more vegetables

By Melissa Hogenboom

A female athlete pours a bottle of water over her head in hot weather (Credit: Getty Images)

How to exercise safely in hot weather

By Melissa Hogenboom

Woman wearing headphones eats a salad (Credit: Getty Images)

Seven ways to trick yourself into eating better

By Melissa Hogenboom

Loreen Willemberg, a woman with long hair, stands in a kitchen (Credit: Ari Michelson/ AUGUST)

The extraordinary people who can fend off HIV

By David Cox