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Embracing flat Earth science denialism can help us overcome it

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Embracing flat Earth science denialism can help us overcome it

Our positive experiences with flat Earthers show how we can combat science denialism by embracing it, not spurning it, say David Westmoreland and Connor McCormick

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The big guide to small talk – a scientific masterclass on conversation

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The big guide to small talk – a scientific masterclass on conversation

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Surgical team performing brain surgery.

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Suspended animation for emergency medicine: your questions answered

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Paul Rudd as Miles Elliot in Living With Yourself

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Netflix’s Living With Yourself shows the dangers of perfectionism

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Did apes first walk upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa?

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Ancient humans planned ahead and stored bones to eat the marrow later

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Ancient humans planned ahead and stored bones to eat the marrow later

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City simulations

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We need to talk about technology that people use to influence others

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Prehistoric baby bottles found in Bronze and Iron Age sites in Germany

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Prehistoric baby bottles found in Bronze and Iron Age sites in Germany

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The story of how humans got to the Americas isn’t a simple one

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The story of how humans got to the Americas isn’t a simple one

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Portrait of juvenile female Denisovan, based on DNA analysis

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This is almost certainly not what Denisovans looked like

A team has used DNA from an ancient fingerbone to predict what our extinct cousins the Denisovans looked like but the method is unlikely to be accurate

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Europe’s extinct cave bears went into decline just as humans arrived

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Genetic analysis reveals Vikings had a wide and diverse family tree

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Our species got to Europe 165,000 years earlier than we thought

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How did humans evolve from apes?