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psychology

Invisible: The high-vis trick that blinds the eye

Life

Invisible: The high-vis trick that blinds the eye

For animals like zebras, being conspicuous is the best way to avoid becoming dinner. New research shows how it helps soldiers and citizens hide in plain sight

Features

Why our brains work better with age

Life

Why our brains work better with age

Opinion

Invisible: How to see through lies

Life

Invisible: How to see through lies

Features

Your voice betrays your personality in a split second

Life

Your voice betrays your personality in a split second

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The therapy pill: Forget your phobia in fast forward

Health

The therapy pill: Forget your phobia in fast forward

Features

Rugby players warned of long-term brain injury risks

Health

Rugby players warned of long-term brain injury risks

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The science of success: Blood, or sweat and tears?

Earth

The science of success: Blood, or sweat and tears?

Careers

Perjurers and fake reviews train software to spot lies

Life

Perjurers and fake reviews train software to spot lies

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Hot on the trail of consciousness in brain and machine

Life

Hot on the trail of consciousness in brain and machine

CultureLab

We need philosophers to tackle the big cosmic puzzles

Space

We need philosophers to tackle the big cosmic puzzles

What can we do when cosmologists delve into the multiverse and raise questions they cannot answer? Call in the philosophers, says physicist Joseph Silk

Opinion

Health

Ear bath helps explain rare urge to cut off own limb

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Life

Racial categories aren't hardwired in our minds

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Technology

Brain zap rouses people from years of vegetative state

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Life

Can these pop-sci self-help books make you smarter?

CultureLab

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