Between heaven and hell - Evolution freed us from the thrall of hormones but left us craving approval. Gail Vines talks to a Cambridge researcher about the human dilemma
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Act now, think later - Fear not, politicians. That elusive feel-good factor can be created in an instant. Just appeal to our primal instincts, advises David Concar
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The big chill - What's the connection between your kid bawling its head off and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique? Alison Motluk finds out
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Cherchez la différence - For years, war has raged over the emotional differences between men and women. Now brain imaging may settle the matter—or will it? Kate Douglas reports
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You're wrong, Mr Spock - Human reason only works when emotion is involved. Where does this leave developers of smart machines, asks David Concar
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What's behind a crooked smile? How our expressions can hide the truth
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Elusive EQ - Emotional intelligence could be one of the big ideas of the 1990s—if we can work out what it is, how to measure it and what to do with it
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Titter ye not . . . - There was this researcher who wanted to find out why we laugh. No really, it's a serious business says Bob Holmes
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Demon farmers and other myths
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Life at the interface
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Inside the Gene Machine - Having read the genetic blueprint for yeast, researchers are now probing the function of its six thousand genes. In doing so, reports Bob Holmes , they will gain a unique insight into genetics, human health and evolution
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The day time began
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Table of contents
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Poached eggs
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Flying high
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Population pressures
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Headed for an accident
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How rain stops play
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On the vine
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Technology
Patents : Get your cat where it hurts
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Technology
Patents : Visiting rites
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Technology
Patents : Laser vision
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Technology
Patents : Sticky batteries
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Technology
Patents : Diesel fuel
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Technology
Patents : Light wire
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Science : One infection cures another
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Technology
Netropolitan
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Technology
Netropolitan
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Technology
Technology : Key cancer molecule `lost in the post'
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Technology
Technology : Fatal dose for water parasite
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Technology
Technology : Laptops break through storage barrier
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Technology
Technology : Will French fork out for digital TV?
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Technology
Technology : Model alternative to animal testing
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Science : Matching proteins raise CJD fears
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Science : You take the coast road . . .
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Physics
Science: Glimpses of a mirror world
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Science : Why it's good to talk to babies
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Science : Ultracool acoustic laser hits the right note
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Science : Plant bodybuilders take steroids
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In brief : Save our genes
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In brief : Seal hunt resumes
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In brief : Ebola scare
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In brief : Foreign organs
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Malaria pill stands accused - Lariam fends off malaria more effectively than any other drug, but growing evidence of disturbing side effects may soon land its manufacturer in court
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Aliens dodge Australia's pest police
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Call in the ghost-ant busters...
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In brief : Firefighters' fatal error means it can all be over in a flash
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In brief : Lingering poison
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Soviet immigrants march for jobs in Israel
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US urged to set example on Antarctic protocol
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Blueprint for brewer's yeast
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The rise and rise of Pakistan's people
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Seed banks fall on hard times
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Mystery of the canoes' graveyard
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Legless voice gives the game away
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Mutation rate doubled in Chernobyl's children
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Nerve pill sapped soldiers' defences
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Iodine first aid is not enough
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Opinion
Features
Between heaven and hell - Evolution freed us from the thrall of hormones but left us craving approval. Gail Vines talks to a Cambridge researcher about the human dilemma
Features
Act now, think later - Fear not, politicians. That elusive feel-good factor can be created in an instant. Just appeal to our primal instincts, advises David Concar
Features
The big chill - What's the connection between your kid bawling its head off and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique? Alison Motluk finds out
Features
Cherchez la différence - For years, war has raged over the emotional differences between men and women. Now brain imaging may settle the matter—or will it? Kate Douglas reports
Features
You're wrong, Mr Spock - Human reason only works when emotion is involved. Where does this leave developers of smart machines, asks David Concar
Features
What's behind a crooked smile? How our expressions can hide the truth
Features
Elusive EQ - Emotional intelligence could be one of the big ideas of the 1990s—if we can work out what it is, how to measure it and what to do with it
Features
Titter ye not . . . - There was this researcher who wanted to find out why we laugh. No really, it's a serious business says Bob Holmes
Features
Demon farmers and other myths
Features
Life at the interface
Features
Inside the Gene Machine - Having read the genetic blueprint for yeast, researchers are now probing the function of its six thousand genes. In doing so, reports Bob Holmes , they will gain a unique insight into genetics, human health and evolution
Features
The day time began
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