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How creativity can be found in looking sideways at your goal

Mind

How creativity can be found in looking sideways at your goal

When award-winning author Will Eaves couldn't write his next novel, he discovered that a different approach to creativity offered some answers

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Health

Food that is healthy for you can still be catastrophic for the planet

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Environment

Why we may be getting urban tree planting all wrong

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I've been boosting my ego with a sycophant AI and it can't be healthy

Technology

I've been boosting my ego with a sycophant AI and it can't be healthy

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Simple plan could raise the billions needed to stem biodiversity loss

Environment

Simple plan could raise the billions needed to stem biodiversity loss

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Humans

We're homing in on the best ways to tackle misinformation

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Readers deserve better from popular science books

Society

Readers deserve better from popular science books

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Simulation of a black hole

Space

What does it mean to “look” at a black hole?

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Next-generation technology is a critical mid-step in dementia care

Health

Next-generation technology is a critical mid-step in dementia care

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Portrait of robot dog sitting on wooden floor, 3d rendering

Technology

Fast forward to the fluffy revolution, when robot pets win our hearts

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. We visit 2032 and meet artificial animals that love their owners, without the carbon footprint of biological pets. Rowan Hooper explains how it happened

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Mind

The relentless push for productivity misconstrues how our brains work

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Society

Nobel prizes are still failing to celebrate the diversity of science

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Technology

It's parents who are anxious about smartphones, not their children

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Society

Why we need to fight back against sexy Asian lady robots

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