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2020-10-22

There are also deepening social and economic crises. The pandemic has battered national economies, exacerbated many forms of inequality, and sown distrust and social unrest around the world...

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COVID-19: The Capitalist Emperor Has No Clothes

2020-04-20

The systemic failure of the capitalist order triggered by the coronavirus has reinforced the growing awareness that extreme wealth inequality...

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The science of creating a dream team

2020-03-25

Why do teams of talented individuals so often underperform? The emerging science of collective intelligence may have the answers.

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Explainer: what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures

2019-09-06

Algebra, alchemy, artichoke, alcohol, and apricot all derive from Arabic words which came to the West during the age of Crusades.

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What Makes Something Funny?

2018-02-14

There are a lot of theories.

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3 Americans Win Nobel Prize For Biological Clock Research

2017-10-02

The scientists used fruit flies to unlock secrets of human biorhythms

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