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In a democracy, the importance of voting with a view for collective benefit
'Stalin jokes': How humour helped relieve tension, cope with harsh realities in a repressive regime
The meaning to life? A Darwinian existentialist has his answers
Do we possess our possessions or do they possess us?
Science is deeply imaginative: Why is this treated as a closely guarded secret?
Meritocracy, an assessment based on praise and blame, reflects existing hierarchies of power, status
What a 70-deer-tooth necklace tells us about the lives of our Ice Age ancestors
Muslim tradition of sci-fi and speculative fiction has thrived despite being overlooked by most Western readers
Hamburg Open: World No 5 Alexander Zverev eliminated from hometown tournament day after split from coach Ivan Lendl
Eleanor of Aquitaine to Lady Hao, what big history says about how royal women exercise power
Forced sex fantasies and rape culture: What does one have to do with the other?
Why we dance: Studies increasingly indicate the reason is closely tied in with human evolution
Protecting the natural world with human-style rights is wrongheaded, exclusionary
Modern technology is akin to Vedanta metaphysics, and society may be better placed than ever to grasp its insights
How to end extremism: In an increasingly polarised world, good arguments and an ability to listen can spell hope
In an age of fast-paced technologies, attention is not a resource but a way of being alive to the world
Love in a time of migrants: Rethinking arranged marriages and the dismissiveness of cultures
