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Tesco in church building

Life

Has the chicken and egg puzzle over religion's decline been settled?

New research claims to answer the question of whether godlessness begets riches or riches beget godlessness. It won't be the final word, says Gregory Paul

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Humans

The truth about intelligence: How useful is a high IQ?

Features

Don't miss: amateur surgery, aqua-activism and a twisted Turing test

Life

Don't miss: amateur surgery, aqua-activism and a twisted Turing test

Culture

Pile of coins

Earth

Capitalism broke the planet. Here’s how it’s going to fix things

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Protestors in a struggle

Humans

To combat white nationalist extremism, first understand it

Leader

Shipping containers on Chinese ship

Humans

What can game theory tell us about Trump's threats of trade war?

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Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

Earth

Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

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Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere

Earth

Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere

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city and trees

Earth

Treeconomics: How to put a fair price tag on urban forests

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Angel Oak tree

Earth

The world's tallest tree costs more than a private island

We valued 7 of the world's most famous trees, from strangler figs draping ancient ruins to a 9000-year-old spruce. The most pricey comes in at £11 million

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Earth

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

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Life

The fight for gender equality can be informed by science

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Health

More education is what makes people live longer, not more money

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Humans

Dear IRS, why can't we have a simpler way to do our taxes?

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