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Honey: superfood or just sugar?
Nine thousand years ago people climbed trees for honey. What you buy today is mostly sugar, and yet…
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Cortisol: the messenger we started punishing
Everywhere you look, someone tells you to lower your cortisol. But the largest hormone peak of your day…
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The unconscious brain: your first reaction is a suggestion, not an order
You cycle home and suddenly realise you remember nothing of the last few kilometres. So who was cycling?…
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Reheating rice: the bacterium nobody knows
My grandmother left rice on the worktop overnight and nobody fell ill. Until I did the same and…
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Organ donation: some heroes wear no uniform, only a scar
Some people voluntarily give away a part of their own body so that someone else can go on…
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Sugar: the reward that never has to wait
Your brain does not weigh what is healthy. It weighs what is worth something now. On sugar, craving,…
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Does expensive skincare really work? What your money actually buys
After I graduated I wanted to reward myself, so I bought luxury skincare, because expensive means better, I…
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What is a quantum computer? From your keyboard to the answer on your screen
It started with a golden chandelier on television. Explained without mathematics: what a bit is, what a qubit…
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Fear and control: the smoke detector in your head
You have an alarm system in your head that is millions of years old. It still works beautifully,…
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E numbers: what that small code on your label really tells you
My currant bun sat in the tin for nearly a month without a single spot of mould. What…