The man who gave himself away
How discovering an equation for altruism cost George Price everything.
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Messing with our heads
Like many balding men, Rhodri Marsden has learned to accept losing his hair. But male stoicism and other coping strategies – from hats and wigs to dark humour – often mask deep distress, and even suicidal feelings. Will modern medicine ever find a ‘cure’ – or does the solution lie elsewhere?
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Raising my HIV family
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A serious business: what can comedy do?
Mary O’Hara meets the performers and researchers who say that comedy can change how we think and even how we act.
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Love, hope and leprosy
A forgotten generation of people with leprosy have found sanctuary in a 300-year-old Sri Lankan hospital. Ross Velton met them.
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Why being bilingual helps keep your brain fit
Are people who speak only one language missing out? Gaia Vince reports on the benefits of being bilingual.
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The woman who lost two languages and only got one back
A burst aneurysm caused bilingual Basia Grzybowska to lose both her English and her Polish. Now she has recovered – partly.
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Where is language in the brain?
Language is all around us but where does it sit inside us?
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Coining new languages
Gaia Vince celebrates the newcomers in our evolving linguistic landscape.
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The do-nothing dilemma
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Cleaning up the herbal healers
Traditional remedies in Ghana are loved by the people, championed by entrepreneurs and make millions for the government. Yepoka Yeebo finds out how herbal medicine became big business – and whether regulation might make or break it.
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When cuteness comes of age