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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 the difference between jars is real. Here is where it sits, and where it does not.
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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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