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Metaphysics special: Can we ever know if God exists?

Humans

Metaphysics special: Can we ever know if God exists?

No one has proved that God exists, but then no one has proved there is no God. Is working out the truth a supernatural feat?

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Earth

Metaphysics special: Where do good and evil come from?

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evolution artwork

Life

Darwin and DNA: How genetics spurred the evolution of a theory

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two zebra finches

Life

Birds sing to their unborn chicks to warn them about hot weather

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Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

Life

Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

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First Americans must have arrived by sea, not via Alaska

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First Americans must have arrived by sea, not via Alaska

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A clump of yeast cells

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Simple lab life makes an evolutionary leap in a few generations

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Craggy landscape in Yunnan province, China

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Some of the earliest plants took root by growing up, not down

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Humans

We need a new secular approach to dignity

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Brexit

Health

Why we're funny about facts and prefer emotions

From Brexit and vaccines to climate change and GM foods, why do humans find expert advice so hard to take? Two new books have a lot of suggestions

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Life

Cactus bugs compensate for lack of weapons with bigger balls

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Life

Crows are first animals spotted using tools to carry objects

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Life

Orangutan learns to mimic human conversation for the first time

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Life

You are junk: Why it’s not your genes that make you human

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