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- Article
- Article
Rethinking the placebo effect
| Anjuli SharmaSteven Pocock
The placebo effect has long been harnessed for both legitimate and fraudulent use, but we’re only just discovering how and why our bodies respond positively to dummy drugs, as Anjuli Sharma reveals.
- Article
- Article
Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
| Alice White
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
- Article
- Article
Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
| Anna Faherty
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
- Book extract
- Book extract
A dispatch from the frontiers of man and machine
| Harry ParkerSteven Pocock
Harry Parker’s life changed overnight when he stepped on a bomb and lost his legs. He argues that being an amputee doesn’t make him an outlier; we are all hybrid.