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Four science-based rules that will make your conversations flow

If you struggle with small talk or find it hard to express yourself, research by psychologist Alison Wood Brooks and others will help you master the art of conversation

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How to use psychology to feel better about how you look in a swimsuit

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Women find other women’s faces even more attractive than men do

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Your deepest-held beliefs form a pattern than can be predicted by AI

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Why saying no is so hard and what we can do about it

Culture

What the new science of magic reveals about perception and free will

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What the new science of magic reveals about perception and free will

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The best retro games console is the one you played at age 10

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Can't stop doomscrolling? Here's some research to help you cut back

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Mind

What happened when one woman set out to improve her personality

Culture

Psychology is revealing how to have a better relationship with money

Mind

Psychology is revealing how to have a better relationship with money

Money is a deeply emotive subject, our attitudes to it vary wildly and we are reluctant to bring it up in conversation. Could new research help us to be less weird about it?

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Humans

The epic scientific quest to reveal what makes folktales so compelling

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Struggling with envy? Here are some science-backed ways to help

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Humans

We’re uncovering a radically different view of civilisation’s origins

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Mind

From headaches to tics, how mass nocebo effects spread real symptoms

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