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Humans

The real utopia: This ancient civilisation thrived without war

The Indus civilisation seems to have flourished for 700 years without armour, weapons, inequality or royalty. Here’s how to build a paradise on Earth

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Technology

Drones get first anti-laser lasers to stop being shot down

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Earth

North Korea’s largest nuclear test still lacks missile capacity

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Health

How UN will check if illegal chlorine was used in Syria bombing

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Life

We risk our lives daily to safeguard Virunga National Park

Features

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Earth

Mongol hordes gave up on conquering Europe due to wet weather

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Humans

Let's hope crowdsourcing will reveal the truth about Gaza attack

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Humans

The truth about migration: How it will reshape our world

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Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic sits in the courtroom for the reading of his verdict at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, on 24 March, 2016

Humans

How DNA profiling helped unravel the horror of Bosnia's genocide

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Humans

A Natural History of Human Morality: Why being good is a miracle

Michael Tomasello's account of how humans learned to be good is a challenging but ultimately enlightening read

CultureLab

Life

Bald ibis among wildlife driven to extinction in Syria and Libya

News

Humans

Grisly massacre site in Africa reveals one of the earliest wars

News

Humans

Mass grave tells tales of life on the Forgotten Front

Features

Health

Born scared: How your parents' trauma marks your genes

Features