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Tracing the roots of human morality in animals

Life

Tracing the roots of human morality in animals

The Bonobo and the Atheist and How Animals Grieve show that we must be careful when studying animals to learn about the origins of human traits and behaviours

Books & Arts

Consciousness: Why it's good that I know that I know

Humans

Consciousness: Why it's good that I know that I know

Features

Consciousness: What we can learn from altered states

Health

Consciousness: What we can learn from altered states

Features

Consciousness: Why we need to build sentient machines

Life

Consciousness: Why we need to build sentient machines

Features

Consciousness: Watching your mind in action

Life

Consciousness: Watching your mind in action

Features

Genes in the brain keep bad time when we are depressed

Health

Genes in the brain keep bad time when we are depressed

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Mindscapes: Stroke turned ex-con into rhyming painter

Health

Mindscapes: Stroke turned ex-con into rhyming painter

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When disaster strikes, it's survival of the sociable

Earth

When disaster strikes, it's survival of the sociable

Opinion

European and Asian languages have one mother tongue

Life

European and Asian languages have one mother tongue

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Mindscapes: The woman who can't recognise her face

Health

Mindscapes: The woman who can't recognise her face

Heather Sellers has one of the worst cases of prosopagnosia ever recorded. She can't recognise any face – even her own – so she uses gait to navigate her world

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Technology

Need a shot of creative juices? Call the crowd

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Technology

Brain implant gives early warning of epileptic seizure

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Life

Hidden talent: What's your superpower?

Features

Health

Age-defying: Master key of lifespan found in brain

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