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A young woman lies awake in bed (Credit: Getty Images)
Sleep
Why do we have nightmares?
By William Park
A couple gardening with the words "bachelor" and "spinster" (Credit: Getty Images/ BBC)
Gender
The languages with built-in sexism
By Sophia Smith Galer
Art of cosmonauts in space (Credit: Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
Russian Right Stuff
How the cosmonauts conquered space
By Richard Hollingham
Ever since the Big Bang the Universe has been expanding – knowing how fast that has been happening can tell us about its size and age (Credit: Nasa/JPL-Caltech)
Space

The mystery of our expanding Universe

By Abigail Beall

Covid-19

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Covid-19
The knowns and unknowns of Covid-19
By BBC Future team
Studying people who show unusual levels of resistance or susceptiblity to Covid-19 may lead to new treatments (Credit: Ernesto Benavides/Getty Images)
Covid-19
The people with high Covid resistance
By David Cox
A close up of a golden lion tamarin (Credit: Luiz Thiago de Jesus)
Stopping the Next One
Why the risk of yellow fever is rising
By Jacob Kushner

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