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Technology

Why better technology won’t stop violent videos going viral

A graphic killing video on Facebook has sparked calls for technological fixes. But these ignore the fact that Facebook's biggest problem is not technology, but people

Analysis

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Humans

Your true self: How your personality changes throughout life

Features

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Humans

Your true self: The future is a foreign person

Features

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Humans

Your true self: Why it’s morals that make the human

Features

Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines

Technology

Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines

News

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Health

Creative people physically see and process the world differently

News

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Humans

We dream loads more than we thought – and forget most of it

News

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Humans

Rorschach and his inkblots: The man, the test, the controversy

Features

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Health

Destroying a type of brain cell makes mice really chilled out

News

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Technology

Phone learns to send app notifications only when you want them

Knowing when you don’t want to be interrupted will help systems manage the deluge of smartphone notifications and wait for a good time

News

Humans

Emotions are not universal – we build them for ourselves

Features

Technology

Empathy device lets a friend’s brain signals move your hand

News

Humans

Unmaking the myths of our gendered minds

Culture

Health

Why we are so bad at spotting if our kids are overweight

News

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