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On the pain of others: The case for animal rights

Life

On the pain of others: The case for animal rights

From the religious to the radical, three new books argue that hurting animals is as bad as hurting people. Do the arguments really stand up?

CultureLab

<i>Y(ou)r q(ua)ntifi(e)d s(el)f</i>, a short story

Life

Y(ou)r q(ua)ntifi(e)d s(el)f, a short story

CultureLab

Reverb: Why we dig messy sound

Life

Reverb: Why we dig messy sound

Features

Keep snuggly warm with self-heating nanowire clothes

Technology

Keep snuggly warm with self-heating nanowire clothes

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Pretty vacant: What we're not seeing in graphics today

Pretty vacant: What we're not seeing in graphics today

CultureLab

Is sexology just too human to study?

Life

Is sexology just too human to study?

CultureLab

Paris says 'non' to diesel in anti-pollution push

Earth

Paris says 'non' to diesel in anti-pollution push

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Life

'Giant' fossil hints at the diversity of early primates

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Slowing down time helps us savour it all the more

Life

Slowing down time helps us savour it all the more

CultureLab

The nitty-gritty of killing off WMDs

Technology

The nitty-gritty of killing off WMDs

To rid the world of bioweapons and nukes, we must accept paradoxes and understand the complexities of the technology, argue two fascinatingly forensic books

CultureLab

Life

The wonders of orchids: Beautiful, smelly and sexy

CultureLab

Earth

How we can avert the coming mass extinction

CultureLab

Life

Too simple minds: Debunking myths about the human brain

CultureLab

Life

Shell 'art' made 300,000 years before humans evolved

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