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A man trying to choose between identical-looking tomatoes (Credit: Getty Images)
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Why you should embrace randomness

By Kit Yates

Nationwide lockdowns due to Covid-19 led to millions isolating themselves from others in ways that would have been unimaginable previously (Credit: Noah Seelam/Getty Images)
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Why the world feels so uncertain

By Tim Palmer
"Cotton Candy Dream Boat" (Credit: Alexander Reben/Gen.art)
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The weird and wonderful art of AI

By Alexander Reben
"The Plungers" (Credit: Alexander Reben)
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Gallery: When AI dreams of art

Bruce Springsteen at Worcester Centrum, 1988 (Credit: Stan Grossfeld/Getty Images)
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What Springsteen reveals about memory

By Sanjay Sarma and Luke Yoquinto
National borders are largely arbitrary lines drawn on a map, although there are some physical limits to where humans can live (Credit: Alamy)
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Do we need a world without borders?

By Gaia Vince
There is much more to being smart than intelligence - multiple psychological factors contribute to feats of creativity and insight (Credit: Getty Images)
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Why some people are overlooked geniuses

By David Robson
Two people on a bus (Credit: Getty Images)
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The conversations that make us smarter

By Joe Keohane
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What people get wrong about anxiety

By Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
Are you a 'consumer', a 'subject' ...or a 'citizen'? (Credit: Getty Images)
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What comes after consumerism?

By Jon Alexander and Ariane Conrad
The AI-designed xenobots were able to mould free-floating stem cells into ball-shaped "offspring" – a new way of reproducing (Credit: Douglas Blackiston/Sam Kriegman)
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How humans are changing evolution

By David Farrier
Where will capitalism go next? (Credit: Getty Images)
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Why capitalism's next stage is coming

By Matthew Wilburn King