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Space

Planet X: We are closing in on the solar system’s new occupant

Evidence for a new body perhaps the size of Neptune way out in the shadows is building – but if there is a ninth planet, it’s unlike any we have seen

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Humans

How World War Zero wrecked three Bronze Age civilisations

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Humans

Effortless thinking: Why life is more than a zero-sum game

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Humans

Effortless thinking: Beware the voice of your inner child

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Humans

Effortless thinking: Why stereotyping is an evolutionary trap

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queen postists

Humans

Effortless thinking: We’re all suckers for a celebrity

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Trump supporters

Humans

Effortless thinking: Why we’re all born to be status quo fans

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football hooligans

Humans

Effortless thinking: Adapting our need to feel part of the gang

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Humans

Effortless thinking: The god-shaped hole in your brain

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Humans

Effortless thinking: It pays to resist revenge’s sweet taste

When people get their just deserts, it lights up our brain’s pleasure centres. But sweeter still is learning to combine this with our natural taste for forgiving

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Humans

Effortless thinking: The fake news that takes us all in

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Environment

Wildebeest no more: The death of Africa’s great migrations

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Humans

Night exercises: The intense workout we all do in our sleep

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Humans

The Soviet genius who tried to beat capitalism at its own game

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