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Mother and child

Parenthood alters your personality but you don’t become more mature

It is thought that having a baby makes people mature as they take on new responsibilities, but a study of new parents’ personalities reveals more complex changes

News

Humankind review: A compelling case for believing people are good

Humans

Humankind review: A compelling case for believing people are good

Culture

Bored in lockdown? Try a guide to the science of this familiar state

Humans

Bored in lockdown? Try a guide to the science of this familiar state

Culture

Can nudge theory really stop covid-19 by changing our behaviour?

Humans

Can nudge theory really stop covid-19 by changing our behaviour?

Features

Weighing scales

Health

Men are worse than women at estimating their height and weight

News

Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

Humans

Notes from an Apocalypse review: A lively romp through the end of days

Culture

Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

Video

Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

Video

Pete Etchells at New Scientist Live 2019

Video

Video game psychology: Are they addictive and can they harm us?

Video

My patient's marriage was saved by a brain injury

Health

My patient's marriage was saved by a brain injury

Regulars

Stress early in life can make a child’s brain more like an adult's

Mind

Stress early in life can make a child’s brain more like an adult's

Stress in childhood is linked to developing adult-like brain networks and cells that age slowly, and children with early life stress progress slowly through puberty

News

Humans

The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

Regulars

Humans

A new wave of apps say they can improve your friendships – can they?

Features

Technology

Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners

Regulars

Technology

TikTok: How did the video-sharing app get so big so quickly?

Culture

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