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Can our minds be taken hostage?
| Charlie WilliamsSarah MarksDaniel Pick
It’s not unusual for captives to end up feeling strong bonds with their captors. But is it a matter of submission or survival?
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Good animals, bad humans?
| Simon Jarrett
Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
| Aarathi Prasad
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Can isolation lead to manipulation?
| Charlie WilliamsSarah MarksDaniel Pick
Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.
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The art of soundproof design
| Kristin Hohenadel
Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.