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At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it ...

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Can ‘visualising’ successes really lead to better outcomes? In this short from BBC Ideas, Radha Modgil, a doctor and presenter, Ashley Pople, an economist at the University of Oxford, and Jennifer ...

How does memory transform far away from home? A Sudanese artist uses a surreal lens to capture his longing and nostalgia ...

We used an electric-shock dilemma to test the strength of people’s moral principles when faced with real-world complexities You enter a quiet laboratory room. Three people sit silently on chairs, ...

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