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The human paradox that is common sense

Life

The human paradox that is common sense

Even as common sense helps us make sense of human behaviour, it can undermine our ability to understand it, argues Duncan Watts

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How computers can cure cultural diabetes

Technology

How computers can cure cultural diabetes

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Irradiating organic food would save lives

Health

Irradiating organic food would save lives

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The call of the weird: In praise of cryptobiologists

Life

The call of the weird: In praise of cryptobiologists

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Forget Mother Nature: This is a world of our making

Earth

Forget Mother Nature: This is a world of our making

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The end is always nigh in the human mind

Earth

The end is always nigh in the human mind

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Time to wave the green-spangled banner

Earth

Time to wave the green-spangled banner

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The climate change threat to nuclear power

Earth

The climate change threat to nuclear power

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Obama is right to withhold photos of bin Laden's corpse

Life

Obama is right to withhold photos of bin Laden's corpse

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Time to put weather forecasters on the spot

Earth

Time to put weather forecasters on the spot

The reliability of weather forecasts is surprisingly hard to measure. The BBC's Weather Test will make amends, says Roger Harrabin

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Health

Ignore big tobacco's absurd fight against plain packs

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The Middle East is ripe for a scientific revolution

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Earth

Conservation and farming must learn to live together

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Life

How to be happy: What is happiness anyway?

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