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Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

12 February 2020

Are we ready for real-life love potions? Book Love is the Drug explains how pills may affect everything from falling deeper in love to breaking up


Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can't save dull space psychodrama

Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can't save dull space psychodrama

18 September 2019

Brad Pitt stars in thoughtful sci-fi Ad Astra, but even his strong performance can't plug the plot holes in this movie's melancholy heart


Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

24 May 2019

The trailer for the new season of Netflix's Black Mirror suggests the show will continue to capture our collective disquiet about technology – this time with a stellar new cast including Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott


Lady on bench with heart ballon

Unhappy Valentine’s: Why bad memories of your ex are so hard to shake

13 February 2019

As time passes, our memories of negative emotions normally fade faster than positive ones, helping us to move on. But this isn’t the case when it comes to exes


Couple kissing

Love at first sight is really just lust or even false memory

27 December 2017

One in three people say they’ve felt love at first sight, but experiments suggest the phenomenon is actually just physical attraction or distorted memories


Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

4 December 2017

Female monkeys spend more time staring at males that have highly masculine facial features, but we don’t know if they fancy them or fear them


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