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To encourage sustainability, we must remember we are apes, not angels

If we want to change our consumerist society, we need greener status signals that appeal to our animal instincts, says Solitaire Townsend

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To encourage sustainability, we must remember we are apes, not angels

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Cold water swimming should be introduced as a public health measure

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Cold water swimming should be introduced as a public health measure

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We need to act now to give future generations a better world

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We need to act now to give future generations a better world
Our neighbouring planets can help us understand Earth's climate change

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Our neighbouring planets can help us understand Earth's climate change

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JWST's images of the cosmos should be for all, not just astronomers

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JWST's images of the cosmos should be for all, not just astronomers

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UK schools are teaching teenagers about mental health in the wrong way

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UK schools are teaching teenagers about mental health in the wrong way

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Millimetre-wave beams could give us access to deep geothermal energy

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Millimetre-wave beams could give us access to deep geothermal energy

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A public information campaign on the climate crisis is urgently needed

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A public information campaign on the climate crisis is urgently needed

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Access to nature needs to be a right, not a privilege

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Access to nature needs to be a right, not a privilege

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Beware the rise of corporate rituals designed to manipulate employees

Companies are increasingly looking to engender loyalty by tapping into our evolved need to belong. But the emotional costs of bonding sessions and other techniques can be high and the sense of belonging false, warns Jonathan R Goodman

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Beware the rise of corporate rituals designed to manipulate employees

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Jurassic World Dominion's dinosaur trafficking isn't far from reality

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Why restoring seagrass meadows would be a huge conservation win

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Advising alcohol abstinence in pregnancy may do more harm than good

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Why elite universities like Cambridge must ditch big oil funding

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