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Humans

Effortless thinking: It pays to resist revenge’s sweet taste

When people get their just deserts, it lights up our brain鈥檚 pleasure centres. But sweeter still is learning to combine this with our natural taste for forgiving

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Humans

Effortless thinking: The fake news that takes us all in

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Environment

Wildebeest no more: The death of Africa’s great migrations

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Humans

Night exercises: The intense workout we all do in our sleep

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the 1959 Sokolniki Park exhibition, where Khrushchev debated kitchens with Nixon, and citizens admired the latest TV sets

Humans

The Soviet genius who tried to beat capitalism at its own game

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Humans

Podcast: How your thinking style is getting you into trouble

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Physics

Dark energy is mutating, with grave consequences for the cosmos

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Health

Podcast: Are we heading towards a male fertility disaster?

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Environment

Bustard or bust: The fractious battle to bring back a lost giant

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Life

How changing families are affecting our children鈥檚 well-being

Finally, studies on different kinds of families 鈥� including those with gay and single parents 鈥� are showing us what really matters

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Life

Does it matter if my child is not genetically related to me?

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Life

We struggle with monogamy 鈥� is it time to abandon it altogether?

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Technology

Bitcoin in the balance: The troublesome quest to reinvent money

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Physics

How a fiery matter-antimatter union may lead to limitless energy

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