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When self-deception becomes global hoax

Being deceived isn’t always a case of believing someone else’s lie. Experiments have shown that many of us can be manipulated into accepting our own fictions as true.

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Believe yourself better

There’s more to recovery than medication. In future, our unconscious minds could be recruited to put a positive spin on our health problems, helping us feel better faster.

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Manipulating the evidence with deepfake technology

How can you be sure that the person speaking on the screen is genuine? Find out how sophisticated digital manipulation is blurring the boundaries between real and ‘deepfake’.

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From chef’s whites to medical scrubs

Meet the machinists who have rapidly switched from making clothing for hospitality staff to uniforms for hospital workers.

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  • The Wellcome Institute of Medical Research, Otago
  • National Institute of Medical Research: the staff. Photograph, 1940.
  • Institute of Medical Psychology, London: the waiting room. Process print, 1929.
  • The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington.
  • Institute of Medical Psychology, London: the laboratory and a consulting room. Process print, 192-.
  • Living will : note to doctors: this living will is not intended as a substitute for discussion / Terrence Higgins Trust, King's College London, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics.
  • Living will : note to doctors: this living will is not intended as a substitute for discussion / Terrence Higgins Trust, King's College London, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics.
  • Living will : note to doctors: this living will is not intended as a substitute for discussion / Terrence Higgins Trust, King's College London, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics.
  • Living will : note to doctors: this living will is not intended as a substitute for discussion / Terrence Higgins Trust, King's College London, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics.
  • Living will : note to doctors: this living will is not intended as a substitute for discussion / Terrence Higgins Trust, King's College London, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics.
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