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<em>The Visit</em>: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

Life

The Visit: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

We're prepared for visiting aliens, but not for the feelings they could prompt, says Michael Madsen, the film-maker behind The Visit: An Alien Encounter

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Illustration of woman's head with a baby playing inside it

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Busting the baby brain myth: Why motherhood makes minds sharper

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Plastic grass could cover buildings to produce energy from wind

Earth

Plastic grass could cover buildings to produce energy from wind

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<em>Home</em>: It's where the heart is – and now we know why

Life

Home: It's where the heart is – and now we know why

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Women in Oregon can now get the pill over the counter

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Women in Oregon can now get the pill over the counter

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<em>Dark Matter and the dinosaurs</em>: A quest for grown-ups

Life

Dark Matter and the dinosaurs: A quest for grown-ups

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Phones could be making us less human, but does it matter?

Technology

Phones could be making us less human, but does it matter?

CultureLab

Why we need to go on talking about trauma

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Why we need to go on talking about trauma

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How poetry can be a shortcut to truths science tries to discover

Humans

How poetry can be a shortcut to truths science tries to discover

CultureLab

Saving the natural world may rely on memories of its beauty

Earth

Saving the natural world may rely on memories of its beauty

On the seventh of 12 days of CultureLab, Gail Vines looks at books on the erosion of natural diversity and its chances of future salvation

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Next year in books: CultureLab's choicest reads for 2016

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Here Be Dragons: Hostile aliens, tall people and black holes

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Cutting noise

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Technology

Are we being dazzled by the mindless brilliance of machines?

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