Fact & Fable
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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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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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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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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…
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Oral microbiome: why your mouth is a living ecosystem
Your mouth is not a surface to be scrubbed sterile, but a living ecosystem. On bad breath, cavities,…
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Intelligence Is Not Enough. From Harvard to Hiroshima.
Why did the smartest people sometimes make the biggest mistakes? A warm, science-grounded deep dive into intelligence, wisdom,…
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Cholesterol: the building material of your life
Cholesterol builds your brain, hormones and cells — and is far less the villain than the leaflet claims.…