The illnesses caused by a disconnect between brain and mind
29 July 2020
Jamie Lacelle suffers from a functional neurological disorder. This is her story.
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In her latest book, Superior: The Return of Race Science, Angela Saini examines what she calls the “subtle” return of race within mainstream science. She talks to New Scientist about what she learned.
James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life
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Richard Dawkins: How we can outgrow God and religion
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Caroline Criado-Perez: covid-19 and gender
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Covid-19 affects men and women differently but without sex-disaggregated data, it's difficult to mitigate some of the worst effects, says award-winning writer and campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez.
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In her recent book, Superior: The Return of Race Science, Angela Saini examines what she calls the “subtle” return of race within mainstream science.
The weather project artist Olafur Eliasson returns to Tate Modern
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Why I believe humans were in Australia much earlier than we thought
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Newly discovered shells and blackened stones are compelling evidence that humans lived in Australia 60,000 years earlier than we thought, says James Bowler
