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Conspiracy theorists may not really believe their outlandish ideas
An anti-lockdown protest in Trafalgar Square, London, in August 2020 Richard Baker/Getty Images Many people who respond to…
How the US used science to wage psychological war
Shutterstock/Pixels Hunter I have a new book coming out in June, and New Scientist is to blame. Back…
5 extraordinary ideas about the mind and what it means to be conscious
The question of consciousness is one of the biggest mysteries in science Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Two years after…
A Body Made of Glass review: A very personal history of hypochondria
The distinction between “real” and imagined illness is under debate ARTHUR TREES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A Body Made of…
The Immune Mind review: How mental and physical health combine
What goes on in the gut microbiome (illustrated) may affect brain health THOM LEACH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The Immune…
How science can inspire ‘peak experiences’ that improve well-being
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI In the middle of the last century, the psychologist Abraham Maslow set about…
Think small for attainable New Year’s resolutions
Parradee Kietsirikul/Getty Images AFTER our joyful revelling comes the inevitable season of good intentions. When we make our…