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Just be curious: why citizen science is the future © Jason Raish

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Just be curious Why citizen science is the future

Sophie Scott: “Laughter is a completely social phenomenon: we are 30 times more likely to laugh if there is someone else with us” (Sick of It © Me+You Productions)

Sophie Scott “Laughter is a completely social phenomenon: we are 30 times more likely to laugh if there is someone else with us”

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Group dynamics Why this vital field of study is fading into oblivion

How to reduce your carbon footprint - for next to nothing © Getty Images

How to reduce your carbon footprint – for next to nothing

Is Christmas food and drink putting our health at risk? © Daniel Bright

Michael Mosley Is Christmas food and drink putting our health at risk?

Aleks Krotoski: The perils of unequal internet access © Gustavo Pergoli

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The perils of unequal internet access How a lack of access to affordable information helped to radicalise Brazil

Gaia Vince: The books that made me © Nick Pattinson

The books that made me Gaia Vince

Humans may have evolved aggression, but that doesn’t mean we were hard-wired for war © Getty Images

Humans may have evolved aggression, but that doesn’t mean we were hard-wired for war

Aleks Krotoski: Only human © Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayor

Only human Let’s stop ripping people apart for making careless mistakes in the online world

If we're going to combat climate change, we need to tackle air pollution too © Getty Images

If we're going to combat climate change, we need to tackle air pollution too

Could a diet help ease the misery of IBS for millions of sufferers? © joe waldron

Michael Mosley Could a diet help ease the misery of bowel problems for millions of sufferers?

A smart city does not have to become a surveillance city, but it requires a strong public commitment to privacy rights © Getty Images

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Smart cities A smart city does not have to become a surveillance city, but it requires a strong public commitment to privacy rights

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Aleks Krotoski "No wonder algorithms find humans slippery - our evolutionary gifts at reading faces didn't come cheap"

If a long history of unconscious bias can teach us anything, it's that faulty thinking can be fatal © Getty Images

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If a long history of unconscious bias can teach us anything, it’s that faulty thinking can be fatal

The story of Greenland is written in its ice, and it's falling into the oceans © Getty Images

The real value of Greenland is in the ice, rather than the minerals