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Social sensitivity trumps IQ in group intelligence

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Social sensitivity trumps IQ in group intelligence

If you want to build a smart team, recruit people who are socially sensitive – and women – rather than chasing down intellectual stars

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Trademark swimsuit gave penguin ancestors the edge

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Trademark swimsuit gave penguin ancestors the edge

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Large brains bust baggage allowance for migratory bats

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Large brains bust baggage allowance for migratory bats

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Sparks fly over origin of altruism

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Sparks fly over origin of altruism

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Cosmic accidents: One giant leap for a single cell

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Cosmic accidents: One giant leap for a single cell

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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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Cosmic accidents: Brains or brawn – which was best?

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Cosmic accidents: Brains or brawn – which was best?

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Cosmic accidents: Killer asteroid with a silver lining

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Cosmic accidents: Killer asteroid with a silver lining

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City-dwelling helped us evolve resistance to disease

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Cousin virus suggests HIV may be deadly for millennia

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Cousin virus suggests HIV may be deadly for millennia

Simian immunodeficiency virus, which does not cause AIDS but gave us HIV, seems far older than we thought – dashing hopes that HIV might weaken soon

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Religious rite gives evolution a helping hand

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Turing formula poses plain origin for intricate skins

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Do Egyptian mummies have a right to privacy?

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Thank the ur-worm for Shakespeare's brain

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