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Mind

How the science of happiness became an industry worth billions

Fuelled by government and corporate dollars, being happy has become near mandatory. A controversial new book, Manufacturing Happy Citizens, explains the rise of positive psychology

Culture

Don’t go bananas: Should we be cutting down on the fruit we eat?

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Don’t go bananas: Should we be cutting down on the fruit we eat?

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Life

This month's top sci-fi reminds us to beware technocrats bearing gifts

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Life

Don't Miss: Design for survival, lab fraud, and summer magic

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Life

Don't miss: Curative comedy, cultural copies and an unlikely fish diet

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Physics

Military-grade jet fuel made cheaply from plant waste instead of coal

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IVF add-ons are a waste of money – fertility clinics should ban them

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Mind

Don't Miss: FBI profiling, blanket-bog art and psychedelic minds

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Folic acid seems to be essential for fathers-to-be as well as mothers

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Life

Macaques really can use logical reasoning to solve puzzles

Macaques are good puzzle solvers, but it was unclear if they use logic or just made choices to maximise their reward. Now a test shows logic really is involved

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What if you could erase your political opponents? Sci-fi has answers

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The global economy is broken, it must work for people, not vice versa

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Life

New monkey species found in Amazon area threatened by deforestation

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Technology

AI passes theory of mind test by imagining itself in another's shoes

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