Romantics versus the reductionists
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How to think, not what to think
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Moral philosophy in the womb
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Review: Time to decode the genetic message
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Review: Love and hate in the machine
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Forum: An intellectual loss that must be stemmed - The brain drain at the top is less worrying than the seepage from the foundations says Jon Turney
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Review: Science in the real world
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Review: Thanks for the memories
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Review: Prowler in the corridors of power
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What drives the engines of innovation?: All scientists think they know how to spend the taxpayer's money. But researchers in science policy are discovering that the choices are far from simple
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End of the peer show: Who decides who should do what research? Most scientists agree that peer review is a deeply flawed method. But other solutions might be worse
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Science by degrees: Perhaps Britain suffers from a severe shortage of physicists because it is too difficult to get a degree in the subject. Universities are having to rethink their academic traditions
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