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The war on pain and why we can't win it

The war on pain and why we can't win it

Joanna Bourke's The Story of Pain may not be able to tell us how to suffer better, but consoles with the notion that pain can be pleasure

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When trilobites ruled the seas

Life

When trilobites ruled the seas

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Information famine at the centre of the infosphere

Life

Information famine at the centre of the infosphere

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Physicists hunt for disappearing Da Vinci

Physics

Physicists hunt for disappearing Da Vinci

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Online feminism meets neurosexism on festival circuit

Online feminism meets neurosexism on festival circuit

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Hidden paintings of Angkor Wat appear in digital images

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Hidden paintings of Angkor Wat appear in digital images

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All systems Tao: Holistic view of life's networks

Life

All systems Tao: Holistic view of life's networks

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The fascination of hoverflies on a small island

Life

The fascination of hoverflies on a small island

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Baby mammoth wonder will unleash your inner child

Life

Baby mammoth wonder will unleash your inner child

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ButtonMasher: Storytelling beats action in new games

Technology

ButtonMasher: Storytelling beats action in new games

The latest wave of games hinges on experiencing or even writing complex narratives. And fresh game-building tools mean even poetry is making a comeback

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How moral fundamentalism becomes a scientific sin

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Life

Why antibiotics are WMDs to our bodies' microbes

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The sound of servers turned into electronic music

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Humanity's crushing footprint on nature writ large

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