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Humans

A tale of how imagination came to be loses sight of the evidence

Author Stephen Asma knows how to improvise, but The Evolution of Imagination begs the question: what can unbridled thought bring to science?

Culture

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Technology

A play called Against doesn’t know what it’s for

Culture

We really can run the world on renewable energy – here’s how

Earth

We really can run the world on renewable energy – here’s how

Comment

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Earth

The push for UK fracking may be 55 million years too late

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Letters from Charles Darwin

Life

'Radical’ new biography of Darwin is unreliable and inaccurate

Culture

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Life

Grown-up chimps are less likely to help distressed friends

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Life

Monkeys can be tricked into thinking all objects are familiar

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Health

Why UK midwives are back-pedalling on natural childbirth

Analysis

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Earth

Al Gore: The return of climate science’s preacher man

Culture

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Life

Primate brains react differently to faces of friends and VIPs

Two newly identified brain areas reveal how rhesus macaques recognise the difference between intimately familiar faces and faces that the monkeys know less well

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Humans

The enigma of the face in forming first impressions

Culture

Health

Chemical controllers: How hormones influence your body and mind

Features

Technology

Nano aluminium offers fuel cells on demand – just add water

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Life

Wild tales of stuffy sharks, intimate otters and unloved horses

Culture

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