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Why the human race may be less gullible than you think

Humans

Why the human race may be less gullible than you think

Many classic psychology experiments have found humans to be pretty gullible. But book Not Born Yesterday argues that such a trait runs against the logic of natural selection

Culture

Dark Waters review: A lawyer's epic fight with a chemicals giant

Environment

Dark Waters review: A lawyer's epic fight with a chemicals giant

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MAR4E9 Abstract bright colorful universe. Nebula night starry sky in rainbow colors. Multicolor outer space. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

Physics

Until the End of Time tries to use physics to find the meaning of life

Culture

Color Out of Space: Another Nicolas Cage film that's so bad it's good

Humans

Color Out of Space: Another Nicolas Cage film that's so bad it's good

Culture

Sci-fi podcast Down asks what's really in the deepest holes on Earth

Humans

Sci-fi podcast Down asks what's really in the deepest holes on Earth

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Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

Health

Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

Culture

What would our lives be like if Amazon or Tinder ran an entire city?

Technology

What would our lives be like if Amazon or Tinder ran an entire city?

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Stand up to racism protesters

Humans

How to Argue with a Racist smashes race myths that plague society

Culture

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson

Health

The Lighthouse: How extreme isolation transforms the body and mind

Culture

Hugh Laurie

Humans

Avenue 5: Hugh Laurie discovers how space tourism can go badly wrong

Space tourism has taken off in HBO’s comedy Avenue 5, but the ship is off course, just like the jokes. Can the captain, Hugh Laurie, save the day?

Culture

Technology

Ironbark: Did two spies really prevent all-out nuclear war?

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Health

BoJack Horseman shows just how unreliable memories can be

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Star Trek: Picard explores what happens when robots go rogue

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Technology

Video game Ancestors lets you meddle with the epic story of evolution

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