
Presence review: A lively look at why we experience ghostly presences
29 March 2023
Many people feel an uncanny "presence" when no one is there. Ben Alderson-Day explores why this is, in a lively and comprehensive book

29 March 2023
Many people feel an uncanny "presence" when no one is there. Ben Alderson-Day explores why this is, in a lively and comprehensive book

15 January 2019
The Japanese neatness consultant has inspired millions to declutter. So why is getting your home Instagrammably neat so difficult, asks David H. Freedman

4 January 2019
We’re using the wrong words to talk about artificial intelligence. The 11th of our 12 Days of Culture shows where we’ve gone wrong and why it really matters

20 December 2018
If you’re thinking of taking up a new pursuit, vague, open goals may be better to help you do it than setting hard targets, we find on the seventh of our 12 Days of Culture

20 December 2018
Dreaming can bring extraordinary ideas – if you can remember them. The 3rd article of our 12 Days of Culture explores the weird world of hypnagogic dreaming

8 November 2018
The way in which a statistic is presented can entirely change how alarming it sounds. And too often, both newspapers and scientific journals choose the most alarming, but least informative, way