The maps app on your smartphone has one primary concern: getting you from 106 Main Street to 301 Sunny Lane, or from work to home, or from home to Taco Bell.

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He was pedalling home from work in Seattle on a sunny weekday afternoon in late July when, witnesses say, a brown SUV made a left turn, crunched into Wang and sped away.

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To take Mr Golding himself, the high-keyed colours of his work owe a lot to his youth in sunny Mexico.

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In my book "Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain, " I discuss how genes and environments work together to influence how emotional circuits develop.

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Developed economies are built on easy access to cheap energy, importing goods that are transported from around the world, with consumers driving many miles to work in air-conditioned offices and then flying off to sunny climes for their annual holidays.

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