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How teaching molecules to think is revealing what a 'mind' really is

Mind

How teaching molecules to think is revealing what a 'mind' really is

Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the origins of life and mind in one fell swoop

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Procoptodon prehistoric kangaroo

Life

Ancient giant kangaroos could have hopped despite their huge size

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We were wrong about being able to 'nudge' people to improve the world

Society

We were wrong about being able to 'nudge' people to improve the world

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How fear drastically shapes ecosystems: Best ideas of the century

Environment

How fear drastically shapes ecosystems: Best ideas of the century

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Hallucigenia

Life

Fossil may solve mystery of what one of the weirdest-ever animals ate

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Life

Is there an evolutionary reason for same-sex sexual behaviour?

Analysis

Life

Jellyfish sleep about as much as humans do – and nap like us too

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What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?

Mind

What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?

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Killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins

Life

Killer whales and dolphins are ‘being friends’ to hunt salmon together

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Cheerful mother and daughter tickling and playing at home on couch

Humans

What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains

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Life

Deadly fungus makes sick frogs jump far, possibly to find mates

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Life

Mouse 'midwives' help their pregnant companions give birth

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Life

Orcas are ganging up on great white sharks to eat their livers

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Life

20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call

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