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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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Environment

Get inside the collective mind of a genius superorganism

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Humans

Computers that can argue will be satnav for the moral maze

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Environment

Primate labs give us an edge, says China’s brain project chief

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Physics

Five particles that don’t exist – yet could change our world

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Physics

Lessons in reality from particles that don’t exist

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Environment

How a young maverick’s grit saved the world’s rarest bird

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Humans

Metaphysics special: How do I know I exist?

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Metaphysics special: What is consciousness?

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Mind

Metaphysics special: Why is there something rather than nothing?

In part because nothing is not what you think it is. Also don’t forget the multiverse

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Humans

Metaphysics special: What is the meaning of life?

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Earth

Metaphysics special: Where do good and evil come from?

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Humans

Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?

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Humans

Metaphysics special: What is reality made of?

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