Museum of London asks Londoners for Covid pandemic dreams

Guardians of Sleep project working with Canadian university to compile Covid-19 dreams

Rise to the challenge: my very own bake off

For many, baking is therapeutic. But is cooking along with Bake Off really such a good idea, asks Emma Beddington

Blinking hell: how to keep tired eyes healthy during a pandemic

Are you worried your vision has grown worse this year? You’re definitely not alone. But from the 20-20-20 rule to changing the size of your text, there are simple ways to address it

When rearranging a drawer is restful: the magic of ‘pottering’

How small tasks can benefit our state of mind

‘I want to give my child the best’: the race to grow human breast milk in a lab

Thought up by a tired new mother, and now backed by Bill Gates, manufactured human milk sounds like the stuff of science fiction. But just how liberating will it be?

Seasonal rhythms within immune systems may explain infection rates – study

Study finds fluctuations in white blood cells according to time of day and season, suggesting stronger or weaker immune function

Is it ever good to be spiteful?

Would you harm yourself just to get at someone else? Spite is in us all, but there are unexpected benefits to it

In troubled times, a ritual walk can clear the mind and soothe the soul

A pilgrimage is healing because it encourages you to savour the moment, says Catherine Fairweather

Coronavirus symptoms: how to tell if you have a common cold, flu or Covid

Fever, runny nose, headache? Lost your sense of taste or smell? Your guide to differentiating between the three illnesses

Farewell James Randi, prince of reason. Now who’ll mock the quacks and anti-vaxxers?

The great magician dedicated his later years to exposing all forms of fake science