Stories

Stronger body, stronger mind
Exercise is one of the best ways to boost resilience, writes Emma Young.
15 September 2014
- Mind, Resilience
Chocolate meditation and mindfulness in schools
A programme is teaching UK kids to live in the now, so they can be stronger later.
15 September 2014
- Mind, Resilience
Could this drug make you mentally stronger?
Could a new discovery pave the way for a resilience-boosting drug?
15 September 2014
- Mind, Resilience
South Africa’s obesity crisis: the shape of things to come?
Lifestyle and economic changes are bringing an obesity crisis to South Africa and other low-income countries. Ian Birrell meets the people fighting to turn the tide.
09 September 2014
- Health, Exercise and diet
Surviving through science: life with cystic fibrosis
Not long ago, children with cystic fibrosis were lucky to reach adulthood. They are now likely to live into their 40s and beyond. Penny Sarchet reports.
02 September 2014
- Health, Genetics
A lifetime with CF (gallery)
Rob Dixon has lived his whole life with cystic fibrosis.
01 September 2014
- Health, Genetics
Going viral for gene therapy
Could viruses be the key to making gene therapy a reality?
01 September 2014
- Health, Genetics
“Duty feels like a strong word”
People with cystic fibrosis take matters into their own hands by playing an active part in clinical trials.
01 September 2014
- Health, Genetics
Double jeopardy: a mother and child with CF
The diagnosis of cystic fibrosis came double for one family.
01 September 2014
- Health, Genetics
The man who grew eyes
Growing nerve tissue and organs is a sci-fi dream. Moheb Costandi met the pioneering researcher who grew eyes and brain cells.
26 August 2014
- Tech, Future
The man who made an eye
Kyle Bean on how to illustrate the growing of human organs.
25 August 2014
- Tech, Future
DIY diagnosis: how an extreme athlete uncovered her genetic flaw
When Kim Goodsell discovered that she had two extremely rare genetic diseases, she taught herself genetics to help find out why. Ed Yong tells her story.
19 August 2014
- Health, Genetics