Why help a torturer come to terms with their past?
12 July 2017
Françoise Sironi is one of the few people in the world to treat perpetrators of atrocities. She explains what motivates her
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Smart but dumb: probing the mysteries of brainless intelligence
12 July 2017
Understanding how things like slime moulds and plants can learn without a brain or even any neurons could help us fight diseases and make smarter machines
Battle lines are being drawn on the best way for babies to sleep
12 July 2017
Paediatricians say sharing a bed with your baby is dangerous, but anthropologists say it is natural and beneficial. Who's right?
Sleeping less in old age may be adaptation to survive in wild
11 July 2017
The ‘poorly-sleeping grandparent’ hypothesis backed with new evidence from Tanzania’s Hadza people, links our sleep patterns to having night sentinels
People are hacking antidepressant doses to avoid withdrawal
7 July 2017
A patient-led movement is helping people taking psychiatric medicines to hack their dosing regimens, but regulatory agencies advise against self-medication
Even toddlers expect bullies to get more than their fair share
7 July 2017
For the first time, there’s evidence that even 17-month-old infants expect socially dominant people to be treated differently in life, and to get more things
Serious head injuries nearly double your risk of dementia
5 July 2017
The risk of developing non-Alzheimer’s dementia is nearly twice as high for people who sustain severe head injuries than for those who have mild ones
