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Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

Life

Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands

Everyone knows that in advertising sex sells, and it turns out that sex-themed adverts even work on rhesus macaques

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Trigger warnings are taking over universities, but do they work?

Health

Trigger warnings are taking over universities, but do they work?

Insight

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Humans

Real-life Lord of the Flies experiment led us up the warpath

Features

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Technology

App guesses your emotions to target you with adverts

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Technology

5 moments that made Big Tech big

Features

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Life

Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies

Culture

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Technology

How Google and Facebook hooked us – and how to break the habit

Features

A scan of a brain during an epileptic fit

Health

Some people with epilepsy can learn to stop their own seizures

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Technology

DeepMind’s virtual psychology lab seeks flaws in digital minds

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Humans

We've stopped trusting social media – and that's a good thing

I'm one of the growing number of users cynical about social networks such as Facebook. But there are upsides to all this digital doubt, says Lara Williams

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Humans

To enjoy Robert Newman’s gig, park your scientific scepticism

Culture

Health

Copycat justice has turned US counties into execution hotspots

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Health

It's never too late to get a tattoo, an implant – or new senses

Culture

Humans

Only great work can really justify sci-art collaborations

Culture

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