Stories
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Why some robots are created cute
Neil Steinberg explores why, for certain robots, cuteness has its advantages.
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How designers make a toy cute
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Why are we still waiting for the male pill?
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The ‘gay cure’ experiments that were written out of scientific history
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How the mafia is causing cancer
When doctors in rural Italy began to see a surge in cancer cases, they were baffled. Then they made the link with industrial waste being dumped by local crime syndicates. Ian Birrell learns about the tragic consequences.
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“I saw things children shouldn’t see” – surviving a troubled childhood
Why are some people able to become happy, well-adjusted adults even after growing up with violence or neglect? Their life stories – from 1950s Hawaii to the orphanages of Romania – could provide answers that will help more children to thrive. By Lucy Maddox.
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How foster carers can help traumatised children recover
Love is not enough for a child to get over a difficult start in life. Lucy Maddox asks: what is?
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Why are so many of us over-sensitive?
Being overly sensitive to sights and sounds can be deeply traumatic, but there may be an upside. By Emma Young.
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Smartphones won’t make your kids dumb. We think.
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How nursery kids use tablets and smartphones
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The women that kill, abuse and torture
Marian Partington is working to forgive Rosemary West – one of her sister’s killers – because she thinks the only way to break the cycle of female violence is to understand it. Katharine Quarmby reports.