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books and art

thoughts

Humans

Your mind is not an iceberg – there's nothing under the surface

We make up our minds one thought at a time, according to a new book. But challenging the entrenched idea that our thoughts run “deep” will take strong, new arguments

Culture

child plays with shaped blocks

Health

Infections during pregnancy affect a child's brain function

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Octopus pic

Technology

How better behaviour is helping to build better businesses

Octopus--A brighter way

Congestion charge can cut childhood asthma attacks by half

Earth

Congestion charge can cut childhood asthma attacks by half

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

Life

Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

Earth

Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

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Great Apes play

Humans

The cast goes ape in a stage adaptation of a Will Self novel

Culture

A baby

Health

DNA sequencing of babies is here: Should it be available to all?

Comment

city

Health

The future of HIV

Features

space

Space

Pushing the boundaries: A round-up of new popular science books

From the hunt for a theory of everything to the complex Rosetta mission, there’s treasure to be found in a trawl of some of the recent popular science writing

Culture

Humans

Dad power: The surprising new science of fatherhood

Features

Life

Down's syndrome has become the newest front in the abortion wars

Insight

Humans

Enlightenment now: The rise and fall of progress

Culture

Life

Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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