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    Don't miss: Duet-2 lets you connect with complete strangers

    New Scientist’s weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss Humans 1 July 2020 Play Duet-2 is a game from arts collective Invisible Flock on iOS and Android in which pairs of strangers establish a real, though mysterious, connection. Answer a question a day and share glimpses […] More

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    Evolution tells us why there are two types of leader in today's world

    The leadership styles of Donald Trump and Jacinda Ardern are dramatically different, but our evolutionary history explains both – and why our preferences have changed Humans 1 July 2020 DONALD TRUMP in the US and Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand. Vladimir Putin in Russia and Sanna Marin in Finland. It is hard to imagine more […] More

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    Managers who think gender bias isn’t a problem make it worse

    Women continue to experience gender bias and discrimination – including lower pay and performance evaluations – even in workplaces where they are in a majority, according to a study of vets. Bias in the workplace appears to be perpetuated by people who don’t think it exists. The finding suggests that simply hiring more women won’t […] More

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    US police kill up to 6 times more black people than white people

    In some parts of the US, police kill black people at a rate six times higher than they kill white people. The differences are most stark in the northern Midwest, especially Chicago, and in north-eastern states like New York. Protest movements like Black Lives Matter have highlighted the disproportionate killing of black people by US […] More

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    Black Lives Matter could also help fight environmental injustices

    The Black Lives Matter movement is primarily about social justice, but it will tackle environmental injustices too, says Graham Lawton Humans | Comment 24 June 2020 I WANTED to join the recent Black Lives Matter protests in London, but I also didn’t want to be in close proximity to thousands of other people for hours […] More

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    Don't Miss: Delve into the science of breathing

    New Scientist’s weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss Humans 24 June 2020 Read Breath: The new science of a lost art sees journalist James Nestor describe the experiments conducted on him at Stanford University, California, to discover the impact of bad breathing. What he found […] More

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    Don't miss: Brain-warping series Dark is back for its final season

    New Scientist’s weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss Humans 17 June 2020 Watch Dark, a German-language Netflix thriller about disappearing children, releases its mind-bending final season on 27 June. Next to this difficult but rewarding dish, Stranger Things is a mere dessert. Read The Origins […] More