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The neuroscience of the Neanderthal

Philip Ball / May 17, 2018
Earlier this year Prospect science writer Philip Ball had his own “mini-brain” grown in a laboratory. Researchers now plan to put the method to different use, and in doing so learn more about an...
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What a gloriously offbeat social experiment in China can tell us about the human psyche
Philip Ball / April 27, 2018
Northern and southern Chinese think differently—and the reason goes back centuries
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The government is failing dismally in its duty to protect UK science from Brexit
Philip Ball / April 2, 2018
A full damage limitation plan should have been drawn up months ago
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Why I'm growing a second brain
Philip Ball / March 16, 2018
The unsettling story of a (literal) thought experiment
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The science of fake news
Philip Ball / March 13, 2018
On Twitter, false stories are 70 per cent more likely to be retweeted than true ones. Here’s why
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Sergei Skripal poisoning: What is a nerve agent?
Philip Ball / March 9, 2018
The kind of substance that few have access to
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Steven Pinker's new book is a compelling manifesto for optimism
Philip Ball / February 21, 2018
The world is becoming a better place—despite appearances to the contrary
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Frankenstein, a tale of scientific hubris? Don’t be so sure
Philip Ball / January 17, 2018
The suggestion that Mary Shelley sought primarily to warn of the perils of scientific meddling is insulting to a complex and ambiguous text
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The end of reproductive sex?
Philip Ball / January 2, 2018
Improvements in IVF mean the procedure could—in theory—become the default means of human reproduction




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The rare gene that helps one Amish community live longer
Philip Ball / November 21, 2017
In an Amish community in Indiana, those with one copy of the mutant SERPINE1 gene live up to seven years longer. How valuable is this finding?
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