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Sparks fly over origin of altruism

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Sparks fly over origin of altruism

A new view of kin selection says it is part of a broader theory describing the evolution of behaviour in general

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Antidepressants make people less likely to harm others

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Cosmic accidents: Inventing language, the easy way

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Cosmic accidents: Inventing language, the easy way

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Deceptive robots hint at machine self-awareness

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Deceptive robots hint at machine self-awareness

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How to be happy (but not too much)

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How to be happy (but not too much)

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Brain scans may help fix criminal responsibility

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Brain scans may help fix criminal responsibility

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Brain's grey matter helps you introspect

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Why BP's failure to mention safety culture is problem

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Why BP's failure to mention safety culture is problem

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Be philosophical: Take part in a thought experiment

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Be philosophical: Take part in a thought experiment

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Zeros to heroes: Rogue brain-killing proteins

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Zeros to heroes: Rogue brain-killing proteins

Before winning his Nobel prize, Stanley Prusiner was ridiculed for suggesting that something he called a prion caused spongiform brain diseases

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Thank the ur-worm for Shakespeare's brain

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Brain imaging monitors effect of movie magic

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Money can buy you happiness – up to a point

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Thank mothers for large ape brains

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