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Humans

How belief in punitive gods may have helped large societies cooperate

Belief in a punitive god may make people more likely to give money to someone who lives far away, which could help cohesion in large societies

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Life

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

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Environment

The climate change evangelist with God on her side

Features

London's Horniman Museum has squeezed a world into a room

Humans

London's Horniman Museum has squeezed a world into a room

Culture

Ancient Swedish massacre hints at chaos after the fall of Rome

Humans

Ancient Swedish massacre hints at chaos after the fall of Rome

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Space

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell explores Bach's cosmic music

Culture

Apocalypse not now but the fate of civilisation is in our hands

Life

Apocalypse not now but the fate of civilisation is in our hands

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Humans

Effortless thinking: The god-shaped hole in your brain

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Humans

Grand delusions: Why we all believe the weirdest things

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Life

Inside the strange world of the Museum of Ordinary Animals

A London exhibition about everyday creatures prompts oddly unsettling thoughts about the dangerous nature of humanity

Culture

Humans

Luther's legacy: Did a religious revolt create science?

Features

Technology

Build an AI god? Beware the downsides of this weird tech plan

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Life

A third of UK adults question evolution. Does that matter?

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Humans

Are atheists really morally depraved? The idea defies logic

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