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Humans

Superhuman: What human extremes mean for today and tomorrow

What makes exceptional people? Will we need those extreme abilities in future? An unusual book maps the territory, linking individual stories to science

Culture

Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you

Life

Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you

News

Migrants

Health

Grandchildren of migrants more likely to get anxiety problems

News

Angela Merkel

Life

The fight for gender equality can be informed by science

Leader

thoughts

Humans

Your mind is not an iceberg – there's nothing under the surface

Culture

Dog brain scans show if they are looking at a happy or sad face

Life

Dog brain scans show if they are looking at a happy or sad face

News

A brain scan

Health

First anatomical evidence of several types of schizophrenia

News

Milgram

Humans

The shocking truth of Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments

Features

A person in a room with dots on the walls

Humans

Psychopaths pay less attention to what other people are thinking

News

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Humans

The real reason people talk over you, and what to do about it

Getting interrupted is the worst, but knowing why people butt in may leave you more forgiving of the big mouth who did, and ready to stop it happening again

Features

Life

I exposed how online profiling leaves us open to mass persuasion

Features

Life

Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

News

Health

Trigger warnings are taking over universities, but do they work?

Insight

Humans

Real-life Lord of the Flies experiment led us up the warpath

Features