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Super-you: Use your better instincts to crush your inner bigot

We are wired to be prejudiced and a bit racist - but our instinct for collaboration can trump our worst instincts

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Super-you: Train your brain to beat the inbuilt fear factory

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Super-you: How to harness your inner braggart

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Super-you: We’re all reading each other’s minds, all the time

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Super-you: Discover the physics genius inside your brain

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Humans are better endurance runners than any other animal

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Super-you: You have a superstitious mind – to protect you

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Super-you: The mutant powers you get from outsider genes

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Exclusive: First visit to Russia's secret nuclear disaster site

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Exclusive: First visit to Russia's secret nuclear disaster site

Deep in the cold war, Russia managed to hide another Chernobyl – a catastrophic explosion that affected thousands. Fred Pearce visits the Mayak evacuation zone

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The world's first seismometer used a toad to catch an earthquake

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Generation clean: Why many young adults choose to stay sober

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Old toys will self-destruct thanks to vanishing plastic

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Good hydrations: Is there a safe level of alcohol?

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