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There is No Planet B review: How to save Earth by changing humans

13 February 2019

Can Mike Berners-Lee's guide to changing how we think and live help us dump our dangerous habits and learn to use resources respectfully rather than rapaciously? (When you buy through links on this page we may earn a small commission, but this plays...


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How humans evolved to be both shockingly violent and super-cooperative

13 February 2019

The origins of our paradoxical nature lie in murder and self-domestication. It's a weird story that may even explain why our species came into existence


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Evidence of new physics could have been under our noses all along

13 February 2019

For almost a decade, the world's most expensive experiment failed to break new ground. But its biggest discoveries may have gone unnoticed


The truth about cheese: The terrible costs of our favourite food

The truth about cheese: The terrible costs of our favourite food

13 February 2019

It might be hard to swallow, but if you think cheese is better than meat for both animal welfare and the environment, you need to think again


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The US plans to launch swarms of attack drones from robo-submarines

12 February 2019

The US Navy has a project that plans to use an autonomous submarine to launch a swarm of attack drones from underwater


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AI has helped rescue children trafficked for sexual exploitation

12 February 2019

Investigators are using artificial intelligence to locate children who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation


DNA test could boost IVF success rates without putting embryo at risk

DNA test could boost IVF success rates without putting embryo at risk

12 February 2019

Analysing genetic material discarded by an embryo in a dish can reveal chromosomal abnormalities just as well as a more invasive biopsy


Tyrannosaurus rex might have accidentally helped fruit grow

Tyrannosaurus rex might have accidentally helped fruit grow

8 February 2019

The king of the dinosaurs was a famed carnivore, but its diet of plant-eaters may have helped T. rex disperse fruit seeds over a wide area


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Beer before wine or wine before beer: the hangover is the same

8 February 2019

Forget folk wisdom — mixing drinks doesn't affect your hangover. Only the amount you consume appears to impact how you feel the following day


Voting systems that let losing side win may increase overall happiness

Voting systems that let losing side win may increase overall happiness

7 February 2019

A test of two alternative voting systems that measure the strength of people’s opinions has found that it is sometimes better to let the losing side win


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