Humans
The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused
Boredom can be unpleasant, but we can learn from some of the world's dullest people how to keep ourselves amused, says boredom researcher James Danckert
Regulars
Humans
A new wave of apps say they can improve your friendships – can they?
Features
Humans
Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners
Regulars
Humans
Covid-19: The science of uncertainty can help us make better choices
News
Humans
TikTok: How did the video-sharing app get so big so quickly?
Culture
Humans
Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire
News
Humans
Gamifying hate: How alt-right extremists recruit and mobilise online
Features
Technology
Will Instagram filters alter our view of beauty and who we are?
Culture
Mind
People who get lost in the wild follow strangely predictable paths
Features
Humans
Why the human race may be less gullible than you think
Many classic psychology experiments have found humans to be pretty gullible. But book Not Born Yesterday argues that such a trait runs against the logic of natural selection
Culture
Mind
Controversial psychology tests are often still used in US courts
News
Health
Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong
Culture
Humans
When a smile is not a smile – what our facial expressions really mean
Features