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Humans

The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers

Watching TV and staring at flickering flames produce similar physiological effects, offering intriguing clues to the enduring power of entertainment – and the origins of sociability

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Technology

Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?

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Technology

Can chemistry replicate the flavour of vintage whisky overnight?

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Life

Scat scans: How lasers are teasing secrets from ancient poo

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Technology

Dr Dolittle machines: How AI is helping us talk to the animals

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Space

Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters

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Humans

You are stardust: The long view of when your existence really began

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Humans

How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

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Humans

Think your sense of self is located in your brain? Think again

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Humans

You are not one person: Why your sense of self must be an illusion

We have a strong sense of continuous, coherent existence – yet from the cells that make our bodies to our defining character traits, we are in a constant state of change

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Humans

Why it’s the aliens living inside you that create your sense of you

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Humans

Do we have free will or are all our decisions predetermined?

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Environment

If we can’t change the world, does anything we do matter?

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Humans

Why we’re in tune with our emotions – but suck at judging our smarts

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