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Future gazing

Can political experts predict the future?

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Epigenetics

Can our experiences be passed down biologically to our children and grandchildren?

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Social physics

What can data tell us about the success of cities?

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The growth mindset

Why do some kids do better at school than others?

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Super-intelligence

Will we be able to control computers of the future?

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Baby boffins

Babies are much smarter than their parents might realise

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Friends

Is there a limit to the number of friends we can have?

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Outrage and moral conscience

Why is there so much outrage on social media?

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A world without livestock?

The meat burger with no meat

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Memory wars

Should you trust your memory?

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Economics and mosquito nets

What can economics tell us about the use of mosquito nets?

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Contact theory

How do you stop different groups from hating each other?

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The new distrust

Are we living through a crisis in trust?

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Are we all racist?

Are we all racist? Mahzarin Banaji puts this to the test with Implicit Association Test

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Inequality makes us anxious

Inequality makes people anxious. How?

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Dimensions of discrimination

Do black women face more prejudice than black men or white women?

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Democracy and famine

What is the cause of famine? It’s not the obvious answer

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How to stop murder

How can we reduce murder rates?

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The teenage brain

Why can’t teenagers get out of bed in the morning?

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Consciousness: A strange theory

Humans are conscious, but is consciousness also in tables and chairs?

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The intelligent tree

Are trees intelligent?

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A future without doctors?

AI will be of assistance, but surely we’ll always need surgeons, doctors, and nurses?

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How does language work?

How do we process language? We speak to a neuroscientist who specialises in language

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Why are some nations rich?

Why are some nations richer than others?

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The afterlife

Suppose you knew that after your natural death the human race would die out…

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Why do we laugh?

And why a cognitive neuroscientist says laughter deserves more research.

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How to topple a dictator

Is violent or non-violent protest more effective?

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The truth about marriage

And how your relationship may be less stable than you think.

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The fragility of choice

Where do our opinions come from and how easy is it for people to change them?

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Why do we find things disgusting?

Meet a ‘disgustologist’ who has been uncovering answers to our uneasy feelings

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