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Earth

Petrified rocks sent back by visitors who stole them from park

These chunks of ancient petrified trees proved irresistible to light-fingered visitors. But was it guilt or a mystical curse that prompted their return?

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Health

Cure: Can the power of our minds help us heal ourselves?

Culture

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Life

High antidepressant use could lead to UK public health disaster

News

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Humans

To solve a crisis of empathy we must first decide what it is

Leader

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Life

How sharing other people's feelings can make you sick

Features

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Health

The Hemsley effect: why we fall for celebrity food advice

Comment

Some adolescents are hugging but one is using a mobile phone behind the other's back

Technology

Do you have a secret? The way you write emails may give it away

News

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Humans

Nightmare FAQs: The 5 dream questions you were too afraid to ask

Features

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Humans

The upside of nightmares: How bad dreams are also good for you

Features

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Humans

Why are religions so judgemental? Ask evolution

The rise of moralising religions like Christianity can be explained by evolution – and so can their eventual downfall, says evolutionary psychologist Nicolas Baumard

Features

Humans

Other minds and cryptominds, from babies to robots to God

CultureLab

Earth

Climate change has been kind to Americans - but it won't last

News

Technology

The layout of QWERTY keyboards shapes our feelings about words

News

Life

We are zombies rewriting our mental history to feel in control

News