Unforbidden Pleasures review – taking liberties
Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips’s study of desire and restraint asks more questions than it answers
Is it OK to cry in the workplace?
Crying in the workplace can be seen as embarrassing and demeaning. Is this fair? Can it actually be a good thing?
If you’re being chased in a dream, does your body produce adrenaline?
Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
Hearts attack: is Twitter trying to kill its users?
Dean Burnett: Might Twitter’s seemingly-frivolous recent changes be part of a plan to kill off the most dedicated users?
Just the one? The misconceptions of the only child
Taylor Glenn: The common beliefs about only children are unscientific and unfounded.
Why too much choice is stressing us out
From jeans to dating partners and TV subscriptions to schools, we think the more choices we have the better. But too many options create anxiety. Could one answer lie in a return to state monopolies?
The Book of Human Emotions by Tiffany Watt Smith review – a thought-provoking tour around our feelings
This compendium of emotions from around the world makes you feel we need more words for our feelings, not fewer
Can you shop your way to happiness?
‘That Smeg fridge expresses something about who you want to be. So you buy it’
Why I still drink eight glasses of water a day
‘I know I’m courting fury by revealing that I still follow the rule and that I think you should, too. Come at me, debunkers’
The more you pursue happiness, the faster it runs from you
Research shows that focusing on the attainment of happiness is actually self-defeating