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Life

The crying game: How tears can work for you

Blubbing isn’t always the sign of weakness it’s made out to be. The challenge is to work out when, how and why giving in to tears can be an advantage

Features

The International Space Station

Space

Astronauts may respond faster to warning voices than alarm tones

News

Disgust

Humans

Body fluids disgust us less if from someone who is 'one of us'

News

A fern growing out of a stone wall at Machu Picchu

Life

Plants have evolved forgetfulness to wipe out memory of stress

News

An experimenter sits in front of some test equipment

Humans

'Torture' study redo shows people feel less agency under orders

News

Children shadow playground

Health

Premature birth: How its effects can stay with you for life

Features

hand holding smartphone

Technology

Web of lies: Is the internet making a world without truth?

Features

driving

Humans

NeuroLogic: The enthralling story of the unconscious mind

CultureLab

Visible thoughts at the fringes of consciousness

Health

Visible thoughts at the fringes of consciousness

CultureLab

game people

Humans

Gaming theatre could spark a playful interest in science

What happens if you mix up theatre, games and real-life settings? A novel cocktail of an art form that both gets to the audience and feeds back into science

CultureLab

Humans

Who do you think you are? 4 rules can help you know yourself

Features

Technology

AI, AI on the wall. Who's the fairest of them all?

Opinion

Life

Will creating monkeys with autism-like symptoms be any use?

News

Health

You're not hallucinating, MPs really did pass crazy bad drug law

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