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Banks gone bad: Our evolved morality has failed us

Life

Banks gone bad: Our evolved morality has failed us

We seem to be unable to punish bankers for their scandalous behaviour. That's because our moral instincts can't cope, says Christopher Boehm

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Should business be allowed to patent mathematics?

Physics

Should business be allowed to patent mathematics?

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Time to forget global tipping points

Earth

Time to forget global tipping points

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Splash and grab: The global scramble for water

Earth

Splash and grab: The global scramble for water

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Culling urban foxes just doesn't work

Earth

Culling urban foxes just doesn't work

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Nuclear waste: too hot to handle?

Earth

Nuclear waste: too hot to handle?

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Culling urban foxes just doesn't work

Culling urban foxes just doesn't work

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Grounded: Where the Boeing Dreamliner went wrong

Technology

Grounded: Where the Boeing Dreamliner went wrong

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Leicester's winter made glorious by Richard III

Leicester's winter made glorious by Richard III

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Lefty nonsense: When progressives wage war on reason

Lefty nonsense: When progressives wage war on reason

Conservatives rightly get a bad rap for anti-science policies. But progressives can be just as bad, say Alex Berezow and Hank Campbell

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Health

The real lesson from the bird flu storm

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Earth

Is Obama about to blow his climate credentials?

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Health

Can we really 'cure' autism?

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Time for science to seize political power

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