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Research into the ‘optimist gene’ shows that you can always be on the sunny side

Never mind the rocket scientists behind the NASA mission, there’s just one star of its two-year engagement on Mars. Like most celebrities these days, it used Twitter to announce its arrival

Swim, run, bike: Simon Whitfield goes for gold

Smart bet says $800M investment will pay in gold

They make us care about odd things like gymnastics, or Belgians. Suddenly I’m all about horses

Monday at the Games, as told by Twitter

Gold frenzy has the U.K. loving athletics as it did the Beatles. Alas, 1964 is long gone

And the most advanced robot ever build has already begun it’s search for life on the Red Planet

For this Olympic host, ‘taking the piss’ is a venerated sport

He’d won the 100 metres before leaving the blocks