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Mind

There's a dark side to self-control. Here's why you should loosen up

Willpower is the secret of success – or so we've been told. But too much can be bad for the body and mind. The trick is to know when to give in to temptation

Features

Philip Zimbardo

Humans

Inside the prison experiment that claimed to show the roots of evil

Features

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Humans

People are more clued up about science than you might think

Leader

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Humans

Why our sense of disgust both makes and undermines our legal systems

Culture

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Life

The most trusted meerkats are those with impeccable reputations

News

Fireflies light up the night

Life

Fireflies don’t just glow for sex – they do it to warn away bats too

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Humans

Did we really evolve domestic violence? We don't know yet

Analysis

Why chivalry remains attractive to some women despite being sexist

Life

Why chivalry remains attractive to some women despite being sexist

News

Protestors in a struggle

Humans

To combat white nationalist extremism, first understand it

Leader

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Humans

Trolley problem tested in real life for first time with mice

Would you kill someone to save five others? The first lab enactment of this classic thought experiment raises issues for how we programme self-driving cars

News

Humans

Napoleon Complex: Are smaller men really more aggressive?

News

Humans

The hidden reasons why societies are violent towards women

Features

Humans

Your boss is probably to blame for meetings starting late

News

Humans

Tackling inequality means first understanding the problem

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