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Can nudge theory really stop covid-19 by changing our behaviour?

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Can nudge theory really stop covid-19 by changing our behaviour?

Human behaviour is key to the spread of coronavirus, so government scientists are trying to control our decisions. Does it work, and what happens when they get it wrong?

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Weighing scales

Health

Men are worse than women at estimating their height and weight

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Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

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Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

Culture

Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

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Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

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Pete Etchells at �鶹��ý Live 2019

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Video game psychology: Are they addictive and can they harm us?

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My patient's marriage was saved by a brain injury

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My patient's marriage was saved by a brain injury

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Stress early in life can make a child’s brain more like an adult's

Mind

Stress early in life can make a child’s brain more like an adult's

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The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

Humans

The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

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A new wave of apps say they can improve your friendships – can they?

Humans

A new wave of apps say they can improve your friendships – can they?

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Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners

Technology

Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners

Kate Darling researches human-robot interaction. She explains why we are prone to forming emotional connections with robots and what we can learn from our relationships with pets and other animals

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Humans

Covid-19: The science of uncertainty can help us make better choices

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Technology

TikTok: How did the video-sharing app get so big so quickly?

Culture

Humans

Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire

Insight

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Gamifying hate: How alt-right extremists recruit and mobilise online

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