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Life

A Crude Look at the Whole: Complexity is still outsmarting us

Amazing behaviour can emerge from the simplest interactions 鈥� although a new book shows how far we are from a simple account of it

Humans

The End of Average tells us why we should discard a mean idea

Health

Visible thoughts at the fringes of consciousness

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Environment

Meathooked: How eating meat became a global obsession

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Space

How Do You Find an Exoplanet? An insider account gives top tips

Earth

Competition results: Winning words to describe the Anthropocene

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Earth

Shock of the Anthropocene: Winners and losers in new world era

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Humans

Gaming theatre could spark a playful interest in science

Technology

The Wheel: A new book puts a basic technology in its place

Humans

Verse in the universe: The scientific power of poetry

Count the number of new collections and burgeoning alliances鈥攁nd it looks as if science and poetry are getting along better than ever

Life

The Society of Genes: Time for a subtler picture of evolution

Physics

The Lumiere festival gets set to light up the London night

Life

The Visit: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

Life

Home: It’s where the heart is 鈥� and now we know why