Society
How lockdowns turned us into antisocial goblins – and why it matters
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Life
Why we need to be honest with children about the brutality of nature
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Environment
How comedy could help save the planet
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Health
We are trapped in a junk food cycle that is making us sick
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Society
It's now or never – we need to achieve a sustainable human population
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Technology
Why fears around children playing video games are counterproductive
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Health
Changes to surrogacy laws must consider future reproductive technology
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Environment
We can't engineer our way out of the water crisis in the Southwest US
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Technology
Governments should use speculative fiction tools to predict the future
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Technology
We don't need 'miracle' green technologies to save the planet
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Health
How understanding a form of broken heart syndrome could save lives
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Society
Will the UK's new science and tech department achieve anything?
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