I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life
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Iran: undressing protest shows how women are still fighting even as morality laws get harsher
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What GoFundMe conceals: The campaigns that fail
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Parental union dissolution and the gender revolution – how divorce is boosting gender equality in Sweden
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Mexico elects first female president − but will that improve the lot of country’s women?
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Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this.
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Sweden has consistently reported some of the lowest rates of maternal and child mortality in the world – unfortunately these achievements don't extend to foreign-born mothers
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How Iceland takes better care of its foreign criminal offenders than the rest of Europe
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Why are there such profound differences in conceptions of masculinity between Denmark and America?
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The curious joy of being wrong – intellectual humility means being open to new information and willing to change your mind
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Technology is making people busier during their so called free time
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Harassment and abuse perceived to harm poor women less − new research finds a ‘thicker skin’ bias
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Professionals in Sweden are pushing back hard against a rightwing plan to make them snitch on undocumented migrants
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A supermarket chain in the Netherlands is helping to combat loneliness with so-called “slow” checkouts where chatting is encouraged
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The number of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low
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Why homes often feel warmer than the thermostat suggests, and what to do about it
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Not all porn is created equal - is there such a thing as a healthy pornography?
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How does the new over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill, work to prevent pregnancy?
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Reasons why a cat might be peeing on the rug
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Are Brazilians Latinos? What their identity struggle tells us about race in America
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It's been ten years since seventy-seven people were massacred in a far-right terror attack in Utøya – ten years on, what has changed in Norway?
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The success of Iceland's 'four-day week' trial has been greatly overstated
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Families of children with disabilities face acute challenges under COVID-19
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We are all niqabis now: Coronavirus masks reveal hypocrisy of face covering bans
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Humans aren’t designed to be happy – so stop trying
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How the ‘good guy with a gun’ became a deadly American fantasy
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It’s not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides.
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Body modification – when consent is not a defence
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How the everyday commute is changing who we are
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Working four-day weeks for five days’ pay? Research shows it pays off.
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It’s not about money: we asked catfish why they trick people online
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Overtourism: A growing global problem
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