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Is the rise of populism over or only just beginning?

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Earth

Changing clocks twice a year is bad for health and energy use

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Health

Why we are so bad at spotting if our kids are overweight

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Health

Being ‘hangry’ exists: why a lack of food can change your mood

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Humans

Fake news shapes our opinions even when we know it’s not true

Isy Suttie, who experiences the tingly feelings of ASMR, playing guitar and singing

Humans

Video-triggered ‘brain orgasms’ are mysteriously disappearing

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Humans

Abolishing locked psychiatric wards could put patients at risk

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Humans

Knowing you’re being manipulated doesn’t stop it from happening

Health

Do women sync up? No, but we can’t resist menstruation myths

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Humans

Our biases get in the way of understanding human behaviour

A well providing drinking water to the tiny town of Hugo, Colo. is treated as a crime scene, July 22, 2016. Residents of the small town have been told not to drink the water after it was found to be contaminated with THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana -- possibly a result of tampering.

Health

Why do we fall for false positives even though they’re common?

Humans

The Pandora Effect: Why curiosity usually beats common sense