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Beware the rise of corporate rituals designed to manipulate employees

Humans

Beware the rise of corporate rituals designed to manipulate employees

Companies are increasingly looking to engender loyalty by tapping into our evolved need to belong. But the emotional costs of bonding sessions and other techniques can be high and the sense of belonging false, warns Jonathan R Goodman

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Jurassic World Dominion's dinosaur trafficking isn't far from reality

Humans

Jurassic World Dominion's dinosaur trafficking isn't far from reality

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Why restoring seagrass meadows would be a huge conservation win

Life

Why restoring seagrass meadows would be a huge conservation win

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Advising alcohol abstinence in pregnancy may do more harm than good

Health

Advising alcohol abstinence in pregnancy may do more harm than good

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Why elite universities like Cambridge must ditch big oil funding

Society

Why elite universities like Cambridge must ditch big oil funding

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Time to drop the outdated and unfair anonymity rule in organ donation

Humans

Time to drop the outdated and unfair anonymity rule in organ donation

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Kunming in China, where COP15 is due to take place

Environment

China is putting nature at risk with its biodiversity summit delays

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AI should be seen as an ally to human mathematicians, not a threat

Humans

AI should be seen as an ally to human mathematicians, not a threat

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How lessons learned from space exploration could feed the world

Space

How lessons learned from space exploration could feed the world

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Science shows that dogs feel things like us. Legislation must catch up

Society

Science shows that dogs feel things like us. Legislation must catch up

Research supports what Darwin said in 1872 – dogs express emotions in a way recognisable to humans. Governments must do more to protect them, says Jules Howard

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Humans

Claims that girls have a 'natural' aversion to physics are harmful

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Life

Dismissing Australian mammals as weird hurts efforts to conserve them

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Environment

It worked with cigarettes. Let's ban ads for climate-wrecking products

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Humans

We need to stop political spin from polluting public trust in science

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