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What makes us altruistic – and what's it good for?

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What makes us altruistic – and what's it good for?

Two new books use the latest brain science to figure out what makes us behave selflessly – and also suggest practical steps for encouraging it

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Brazil hit hard by worst drought since 1930

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Brazil hit hard by worst drought since 1930

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Ozone hole: How we are misled in the fight to cut smog

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Ozone hole: How we are misled in the fight to cut smog

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Sperm whale's emergency evacuation... of its bowels

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Sperm whale's emergency evacuation... of its bowels

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Eco-city dreams vs real eco-activism

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Eco-city dreams vs real eco-activism

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Shocking state of world's riskiest nuclear waste site

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Shocking state of world's riskiest nuclear waste site

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Turbulent lessons from tropical storms

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Turbulent lessons from tropical storms

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Back to black: The enduring quest to portray nothing

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Back to black: The enduring quest to portray nothing

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Can politics keep up with the rise of high-tech cities?

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Can politics keep up with the rise of high-tech cities?

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<i>Ex Machina</i>: Quest to create an AI takes no prisoners

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Ex Machina: Quest to create an AI takes no prisoners

Alex Garland's directorial debut is a better film because of, and not despite, its engagement with consciousness research, says neuroscientist Anil Seth

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How fudged embryo illustrations led to drawn-out lies

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Can bitcoin outgun the abuses of big data?

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Keystone XL pipeline inches closer – but may yet fail

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Over a barrel? Falling oil prices and the environment

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