The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – are we really getting sicker?
A neurologist discusses the dangers of overdiagnosing conditions from Lyme disease to ADHD in an era where technology meets pathology
Opening our eyes to the science of sleep, in 1971
Armed with the new EEG machine, investigators were able to look into the familiar yet strange phenomenon more deeply than ever before
Bacterial vaginosis can be passed to women by men, researchers find
Study suggests infection is sexually transmitted and opens up new way to reduce recurrence by treating male partners
The daylight savings debate misses the point: let’s make work hours flexible
Trump and others have called for an end to clock changes. But our body clocks are all different – and ignoring them takes a toll
‘I was causing harm’: author Helen Jukes on motherhood and our polluted bodies
In her latest book, Mother Animal, the writer gives a personal account of the impact of ‘forever chemicals’ on her and her child during and after pregnancy
The Inherited Mind by James Longman review – a moving memoir of mental illness in the family
The TV reporter’s struggles with depression and the suicide of his father, whose own father killed himself, prompt this incisive, highly personal investigation
Why is it so hard to go to bed? Maybe science has the answer
I’m an intractable bedtime procrastinator. Why do the sensible thing when I can just lie on the couch, phone in hand, however exhausted I am?
Wallowing in a soup of despair? Try ‘lemonading’ to buck the gloom
Linda Geddes spends a week with a clown, a comic and some toddlers to test the science behind the uplifting power of play
Bacteria transferred during intercourse could help identify sexual assault perpetrators, scientists say
Genital microbiome or ‘sexome’ leaves specific signature even when barrier protection is used, which could be traced in absence of DNA material
Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed – or terrified?
An accident left Noland Arbaugh paralysed, but Musk’s Neuralink brain implant allows him to control computers with his thoughts. Is it a life-changing innovation that could help millions – or the start of a dystopia where a billionaire can access our thoughts?