Why we need to be taking asthma more seriously
Currently, around one in ten of us are living with asthma. For many, the symptoms can be relatively mild, but for others, attacks can be severe, debilitating, and even life-threatening. For the most p...
27 Sep 25min
What our evolutionary history can teach us about eating well
These days, supermarket shelves are filled with thousands of different products all vying for our attention; the options are almost endless. However, if we look back in time, we find that our early an...
24 Sep 34min
Why Smell is Our Most Overlooked Sense
Though often thought of as the poor cousin to our other senses, our sense of smell has played a key role in human life since its very beginnings. It helps us to determine whether certain foods are saf...
20 Sep 26min
Are We Living in a Simulation? How to Tell If Reality Is Fake
The possibility that we may be living in a simulation created by a more technologically advanced civilisation has occupied the minds of scientists, philosophers and fiction writers for decades. We may...
17 Sep 36min
Why we need to rethink our ideas about laziness
Often in life, we find ourselves being accused of being lazy or accusing others of acting lazily, or maybe even becoming frustrated by what we see as laziness in our own actions. But what do we really...
13 Sep 29min
Why interpersonal conflict is a natural, healthy part of life
No matter how gently or politely we live our lives, at one point or another, it’s inevitable that we’ll find ourselves in a situation in which we disagree with another person and find ourselves having...
10 Sep 34min
The hidden reasons common knowledge shapes our lives
When we know a certain fact about the world or hold a certain belief how do we know that others also know this, how do we base our thoughts and actions on our knowledge of what we assume others know, ...
6 Sep 31min
Why understanding how time works is the biggest mystery in science
When most of us think about time our minds likely turn to thoughts of the second hand that ticks around a clock, or maybe the occasions we’ve been late to catch a bus. But if we stop to think about wh...
3 Sep 30min
