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Technology

Police body cams were meant to keep us safer. Are they working?

Equipping police officers with body-worn cameras was intended to defuse tense situations, but footage of brutal incidents keeps going viral

Insight

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Health

Four brain genes help explain obsessive compulsive disorder

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Harvey Weinstein

Health

Sex addiction isn’t an illness, treating it as one is a bad idea

Analysis

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Health

Women don’t need to ‘switch off’ to climax, orgasm study shows

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Health

Your ‘risk intelligence’ decides how much of a daredevil you are

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Health

Eight ways to achieve your goals – no willpower required

Features

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Health

Don't quit now: Why you have more willpower than you think

Features

Biathletes

Humans

Male athletes with higher world rankings are better looking

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Life

Grown-up chimps are less likely to help distressed friends

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Health

Genetic test helps people avoid statins that may cause them pain

Many people who take statins ditch them due to painful side effects. But genetic testing can help choose the right drug, minimising this risk

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Life

Childhood exercise may protect against memory loss in old age

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Health

From statistics to surgery to psychology: Our favourite reads

Culture

Humans

Are atheists really morally depraved? The idea defies logic

Comment

Technology

One day without notifications changes behaviour for two years

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