Friends’ pictures on social media have biggest impact on body image

Women are more likely to compare themselves with their peers than with celebrities

‘I’ll go to school on two and a half hours’ sleep’: why British children aren’t sleeping

Doctors are reporting a dramatic increase in children with sleep disorders, which affect their physical and mental health. Why? Plus expert tips on a good night’s rest

Get real: why analogue refuses to die

In all sorts of industries, analogue products are making a comeback

The app that aims to tackle the chronic NHS midwife shortage

Ask the Midwife provides fully qualified advice on pregnancy and baby health, and taps into a trend for women to consult apps during pregnancy

Health apps could be doing more harm than good, warn scientists

App development likened to the ‘wild west’ as researchers raise concerns over one-size-fits-all targets and absence of sound science

How local accents have replaced Stephen Hawking-style voiceboxes

The physicist and cosmologist may be attached to his robotic-sounding synthesiser, but people more recently diagnosed with motor neurone disease are finding new ways to be heard

Robots can take our jobs, but they will never render obsolete our love

Loose canon: Yes, a machine could technically breastfeed a child. But only a mother can provide that vital human expression of a love that overcomes exhaustion

No pink, no flowers, just science: Clue’s Ida Tin on the period-tracking app

The mobile health app’s chief executive and co-founder on building a diverse team and an app that doesn’t patronise women

Why the secret to productivity isn’t longer hours

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang noticed that he got more done on sabbatical than at work. His latest book is about the benefits of rest and shorter working days

How to get stuff done (and maybe change the world, too)

A new app that enables you to email memos to yourself? How revolutionary. No, really…