Understanding the intuitive power of the word ‘natural’ could help inform choices about what to eat or what to do when ill ...

Reckoning with the complex history of dignity reveals its fragility and what Hannah Arendt recognised as its conditionality ...

Ride along with New York driving teacher, Shanti, whose potty-mouthed tough-love approach is both amusing and effective ...

It’s easy to mistake our conscious experience for an ongoing, accurate account of reality. After all, the information we recover from our senses is, of course, the only window we’ll ever have into the ...

Talking out loud to oneself is a technology for thinking that allows us to clarify and sharpen our approach to a problem This week, a woman was strolling in my street, walking in circles and speaking ...

To some, the idea of leaving a religion can seem as innocuous as cancelling a gym membership. However, for many who have left a faith tradition, the reality is much more complicated. As a psychologist ...

Being ghosted can feel shocking. But we need to get used to it because there’s no other way to cope with our world ...

A criminal investigation is a complex, multifaceted problem-solving challenge. Detectives must make critical decisions rapidly – sometimes involving life and death, based on limited information in a ...

There’s a modern belief that talent or effort can carry anyone to the top. It’s a myth that’s especially harmful to men The early 21st century is described as a time of crises. Liberal democracy, the ...

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Anna Harris is an anthropologist of medicine and associate professor at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Her most recent book is A Sensory Education (2021). Her research receives funding from ...