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Mind

It’s not an illusion, you have free will. It’s just not what you think

The idea that free will doesn't exist is based on misguided intuitions of what it means to be a biological machine, as a famous insect, the digger wasp, reveals

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Earth

The Northern Lights make a mysterious noise and now we might know why

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Health

The illnesses caused by a disconnect between brain and mind

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Health

Move over, DNA. Life’s other code is more subtle and far more powerful

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Life

Crime-fighting botanist takes down murderers using plants

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Gender pay gap widens for UK scientists and engineers

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Environment

How do you square a passion for the ocean with deep-sea mining?

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Space

There鈥檚 so much junk in space that our satellites will soon be at risk

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Humans

Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA

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Humans

Is religion good or bad for humanity? Epic analysis delivers an answer

A scientific review of 10,000 years of history is finally revealing the unexpected truth behind religion's role in human civilisation

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Earth

Gaia rebooted: New version of idea explains how Earth evolved for life

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Life

Strange rise of mukbang parents who feed their kids fast food for cash

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Physics

Schr枚dinger鈥檚 kittens: New thought experiment breaks quantum theory

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Mind

How to make your brain adaptive enough to cope with anything

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