Humans
The big guide to small talk – a scientific masterclass on conversation
Ditch the phone, don't stand too close and strive for optimal eye contact: the evidence-based approach to painless holiday schmoozing
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Mind
The science of magic: Why our minds are so easily deceived
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Don’t miss: Primordial cities, a new Star Wars and the power of bad
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Humans
Who do you think you are? Why your sense of self is an illusion
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Life
No more goody two shoes: Why true altruism can’t exist
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Mind
Can we really choose our own fate, or is free will an illusion?
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Technology
People share fake news online even when they can tell it’s not true
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Mind
Don’t miss: Bio-art, poetic elements, and Detroit’s fate in your hands
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Mind
Married heterosexual men happiest earning 50 per cent more than wives
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Life
Why almost everyone believes in an afterlife – even atheists
Most people hold curiously similar ideas about life after death, suggesting there is more to it than religion, fear or an inability to imagine not existing
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Mind
If you don’t notice something within 1.5 seconds, you may never see it
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Duchenne smile
Humans
We remember the act of eating better than other things we do
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Technology
Psychological studies that rely on Amazon workers may be wrong
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