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Irrational Animals: a neuroscience take on the news

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No, Nick Clegg didn't say domestic violence was a "fleeting thing"
By Martha Gill - 20 June 14:41

Clegg's Lawson/Saatchi comments have been wilfully misinterpreted.

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Three things feminists need to stop talking about
By Martha Gill - 13 June 10:30

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"Oh, men, why are you like this?" Photograph: Getty Images
CAPITAL LETTERS, affectedly boisterous sex, little girl voice: internet feminists all write the same. This is a problem
By Martha Gill - 09 May 13:20

The perils of Groupthink - Martha Gill's "Irrational Animals" column.

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Agnes lives in the constructed village. Photograph: Sally Patterson
Nyumbani: the artificial village that pairs HIV orphans with bereaved grandparents
By Martha Gill - 04 March 14:52

“It’s really quite simple, but people complicate it."

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Horsemeat: less about health than surprise. Photograph: Getty Images
The horsemeat scandal, alone amongst food scares, is not about health. Why the hell is it so huge?
By Martha Gill - 22 February 12:47

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The science of getting your own back
By Martha Gill - 15 February 8:50

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Why "family men" make terrible bosses
By Martha Gill - 30 January 9:00

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If scientists wrote horoscopes, this is what yours would say
By Martha Gill - 17 January 9:00

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Aaron Swartz had been an internet legend since his teenage years, Photograph: Ge
The Aaron Swartz lesson: how undeveloped laws target the vulnerable
By Martha Gill - 17 January 6:52

A tragedy, with a powerful moral.

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Trying to start afresh this year? Have a bath. No, really
By Martha Gill - 09 January 10:29

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B is for bad grammar.
Grammar and spelling pedants: this is why you're wrong
By Martha Gill - 18 December 14:39

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How knowledge makes you stupid
By Martha Gill - 29 November 7:59

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Newt Gingrich opining away on Fox News.
Political middlemen and dart-throwing chimps
By Martha Gill - 15 November 10:19

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Why the US election needs its idiot demographic
By Martha Gill - 06 November 16:57

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Why brain-teasers don't work
By Martha Gill - 05 November 10:56

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How to escape from jail: a tough but intelligent approach
By Martha Gill - 25 October 9:21

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When "nudge" is just another word for "advert"
By Martha Gill - 08 October 11:29

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How God corrupts creatures great and small
By Martha Gill - 06 September 15:59

Only Mitchell and Webb's Bad Vicar can save them - Martha Gill's Irrational Animals column.

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Yes We Can Go Forward and Believe in America! When did US campaign slogans become self-help mantras?
By Martha Gill - 29 August 9:38

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Why we should all fear failure
By Martha Gill - 08 August 16:00

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Badminton scandal: the game's flawed, not the players
By Martha Gill - 01 August 17:52

Shuttlecocks at dawn.

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"Innovation" is an NHS buzzword. It shouldn't be.
By Martha Gill - 25 July 8:51

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Bank like there’s no one watching
By Martha Gill - 04 July 15:25

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Cameron needs to stop rewarding the lucky
By Martha Gill - 03 July 12:19

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How Comic Sans got useful
By Martha Gill - 19 June 12:27

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Obama and the drones: the neuroscience of power
By Martha Gill - 14 June 13:50

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Spoiler alert: he doesn't make it. Photograph: Getty Images
I like being spoiled rotten
By Martha Gill - 06 June 10:55

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Life is short... but only if you're boring
By Martha Gill - 18 May 14:22

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Robots writing business stories, which is fine
By Martha Gill - 17 May 13:43

Finally gone too far, should be stopped before too late? Robots.

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By Martha Gill - 26 April 15:17

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