Should we revisit ethically dubious experiments from the past?
14 February 2018
From deadly Nazi medical experiments to sociological studies on children, past science has taken paths we wouldn't tread today, but the results still have value
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Our cities are driving evolution and it's not all bad news
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Urbanisation may be overrunning our planet, but in his book Darwin Comes to Town, evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen seeks – and finds – the positives
Real-life Lord of the Flies experiment led us up the warpath
14 February 2018
Muzafer Sherif’s notorious experiment with children is held up as proof that conflict is in our blood – but a look behind the scenes tells a different story
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Unregulated sand mining is a problem in at least 70 countries. It’s an easy, lucrative venture - and one with a violent underbelly
Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time
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Human eggs have been removed in their most primitive state and brought to maturity in the lab for the first time, potentially boosting fertility treatments.
App guesses your emotions to target you with adverts
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Data from smartphone sensors can be used to predict our mood, leading to better movie recommendations – and more effective ads
Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets
8 February 2018
A dog that was buried with its owners 14,000 years ago was chronically ill throughout its life, yet its owners repeatedly nursed it back to health – suggesting a deep bond of friendship
It's time to label all meat as stunned or unstunned at slaughter
1 February 2018
One solution to concern over how animals are killed for our plates is labelling that makes this welfare distinction plain on all meat, says Danny Chambers
