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Other minds and cryptominds, from babies to robots to God

The Mind Club is a witty, insightful guide to other minds, rounded off with smart thinking about thinking in an age of neuroscience

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White-headed Capuchin Monkey in Costa Rica

Life

21-million-year-old fossil is North America's first monkey

News

Two dolphins andat each end of a cylindrical blue canister, apparently pulling on ropes at each end

Life

Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together

News

Frontal view of shark's head in dim conditions with teeth lit

Life

Mysterious deep-sea sharks biting chunks out of migrating whales

News

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Humans

Past, present, future: How do we deal with time?

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Humans

Take a punt: The thrilling science of risk and chance

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An open cast mine in Arizona - pic from above showing black earth and a bit of heavy plant machinery for scale

Earth

What's behind bankruptcy of world's largest private coal firm

News

Scientist checking marijuana plants at a federal marijuana facility at the University of Mississippi

Health

DEA mellowing out on cannabis would make medical research easier

News

A black and white ruffed lemur stares at the camera from a tree

Life

Lemur extinctions in Madagascar leave behind doomed orphan trees

News

A pregnany woman having an ultrasound scan

Health

Records reveal gender-selective abortion taking place in Canada

A decade of medical records from Ontario provide the strongest evidence yet that some Indian-born immigrants are selectively aborting female fetuses

News

Humans

The Man Who Knew Infinity fails to break the mathematical mould

CultureLab

Health

HIV defies attempt to edit virus out of human cells with CRISPR

News

Life

Savagely malled: Why 'smart' cities aren't so smart

CultureLab

Humans

Surfing Uncertainty: Do our dynamic brains predict the world?

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