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We’re All Part Of The Social Experiment

Do you remember how you were feeling between January 11 and 18, 2012? If you’re a Facebook user, you can scroll back and have a look. Your status updates might show you feeling a little bit down, or...

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The Architecture Of Science Labs

Once little more than glorified sheds, now architects and institutions are turning labs into places for grand statements.

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The Whirlpool Economy

Innovations and technologies arrive thick and fast but economies and people are at a standstill. How do we break the cycle?

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Turning Japanese

How the supposed "sick man of Asia" might be a model for us all.

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What Is Common Sense?

More and more, politicians appeal to "common sense." What are they on about?

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The Brain Age

We could be entering a time of great neurodiscovery — with the neurohype to match. Are you ready for it?

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Can Music Offer The Key To Treating Dementia?

Music puts the brain to its fullest possible use — it may also provide the key to treating dementia and other traumas.

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Genomics And Me

Despite the hype, DNA testing may not reveal as much about yourself as you would hope. Its real value lies elsewhere.

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Bugs: The Future Of Delicious

Insects could be a plentiful food source if only we could get over our aversion to creepy crawlies. The problem for chefs, food companies and diners is how to make them look good on a plate.

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The Future According To Wikipedia

Wikipedia’s projections continue well beyond the year 2525 (if man is still alive). Below are are some edited highlights from the web’s premier collaborative soothsaying resource. Welcome to the future.

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Will Micronaps Become The Ultimate Productivity Tool?

Today, sleep is increasingly squeezed. It may have become trite to point it out, but it's true. So the sleep we get is of worse quality, too. So what now?

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The Rise Of The Anti-Mindfulness Movement

Can everyday distraction be a tool for productivity?

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How Le Corbusier Wanted To Ruin Paris

Replace the buildings of central Paris with 18 identical skyscrapers? A terrible idea, or ahead of its time?

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The Future Of Food Is Coming

2016 could be the year "food hacking" reaches mainstream mouths.

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A New Kind Of Funeral Director

Louise de Winter — nicknamed the "Mary Poppins of Death" by the American press — is trying to revitalize funerals by encouraging people to look squarely at their mortality and plan their own funerals...

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The Burdens Of Antibiotic Resistance Faced By Developing Countries

Antibiotic resistance is exacerbated by factors like misuse of medicines, poor infection control and travel — and the ways to tackle the problem vary widely in different parts of the world.

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Will The Titans Of The Sharing Economy Meet Their Match

2016 is set to become the most interesting year yet for the sharing economy, as Uber, Airbnb and their ilk get challenged by the blockchain.

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Computer Games That Heal You

Will we soon unlock a new level in computer game therapy as doctors start to prescribe them to their patients?

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An Honest Thief

How free-culture pioneer Aaron Swartz fought for the free exchange of information — and lost.

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What Cities Of The Future Can Learn From Brutalism

Today's cities are filled with buildings that retreat. Brutalist buildings asserted themselves and were tough — they were architecture as pure art.

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