Humans
The Dream review 鈥� a podcast tale of how firms manipulate our brains
A shocking podcast tells the story of how poor people are being exploited by new kinds of companies that have turned the insights of cognitive science on them
Culture
Technology
China is showing the rest of the world how to build a cashless society
News
Humans
Ice from the Alps reveals Europeans ditched gold for silver in AD 660
News
Comment
Putting a price on CO2 is a smokescreen that hides its human cost
News
Comment
An AI apocalypse isn’t the problem 鈥� technology-driven inequality is
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Technology
Venezuela鈥檚 cryptocurrency is about much more than its economic crisis
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Environment
Economics Nobel prize given for putting a price tag on climate change
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Mind
Why your brain is hardwired to be bad at economics 鈥� and how to fix it
Features
Comment
Is the rise of populism over or only just beginning?
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Humans
The big slowdown: 6 reasons why UK life expectancy growth is stalling
Life expectancy has grown massively in recent decades, but in the UK the gains are starting to ease off. Could dementia, austerity, or something else be to blame?
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Technology
Why the end of cash could cause a new data disaster
Features
If the cashless dream goes sour, it will be the poorest who suffer
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Life
Parrots make wise investment decisions to get what they want: walnuts
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Life
Has the chicken and egg puzzle over religion’s decline been settled?
News