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Humans

The enigma of the face in forming first impressions

First impressions based on the face can badly mislead us, even though that seems to make no evolutionary sense. Two books explore where we are with this puzzle

Culture

otters

Life

Wild tales of stuffy sharks, intimate otters and unloved horses

Culture

farm gate

Earth

Is our environmental future better than we thought?

Culture

worker's hand

Humans

Learning to be fair: Lessons from the deep past

Culture

The great polar mystery: closing in on the truth

Earth

The great polar mystery: closing in on the truth

Culture

Mathematics has a bad hair day

Physics

Mathematics has a bad hair day

Culture

art Duxford

Technology

Futuristic artwork captures sounds to celebrate famous airfield

Culture

bird

Life

How the living world was changed, by the woman who changed it

Culture

Man on floor reading between the stacks of a library shelf

Space

Arthur C. Clarke award makes science fiction a family affair

Culture

Can we count on utopian dreamers to change the world?

Technology

Can we count on utopian dreamers to change the world?

Offsetting social problems posed by financial overheating and tech disruption puts utopian ideas such as basic income centre stage, argue two new books

News

Technology

The stories we tell have the power to shape our future

Culture

Earth

Festivals 2017: Feel at one with the universe

Culture