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Health

It’s fine to put a price on life, as long as it’s fair

Your life might feel priceless to you and your loved ones, but society needs to know its value

Leader

Randy Hillard, pictured on a street in San Francisco

Health

The price of my life: $1.6 million and counting

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Health

What are you worth? How we calculate the value of a life

Features

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Humans

Childhood poverty can be a life sentence – we must act

Leader

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Humans

Neuroscientist sees kids suffer brain damage due to dire poverty

Features

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Humans

Money alone won't turn us into unselfish citizens

Culture

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Humans

Banking is still risky business as usual despite new rules

Comment

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Earth

Why Hinkley Point is a nuclear folly of Titanic proportions

Analysis

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Technology

Baidu uses millions of users' location data to make predictions

News

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Humans

How inequality is poisoning the world – and how to end it

From spending habits, to notions about hard work, and even who should end up in jail, inequality infests our world – so argue three new books

Culture

Humans

Don't give up the day job: Why going to work is good for you

Features

Humans

What happens if we pay everyone just to live?

Features

Technology

Can machines take our jobs without ruining our lives?

Features

Technology

What happens when society crumbles and progress stops

Features