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Sep 25, 2026
Two psychologists who spent their careers disagreeing about intuition sat down to settle it — and agreed on exactly when yours can be trusted. The answer is uncomfortable.
Sep 22, 2026
Five things almost everyone believes — a food scare, a famous experiment, a famous murder, a wine myth and a pandemic's name — that fall apart the moment anyone checks.
Sep 17, 2026
One of the largest measured disparities in criminal justice is also one of the least discussed. Part of it is unconscious bias, part of it is written into official sentencing guidance, and almost none of it happens in the courtroom.
Sep 15, 2026
She killed her three children and tried to end her own life while, her defence argued, in the grip of severe postpartum psychosis. Her jury still deadlocked — and the reason lies in American law, not the facts of her case.
Sep 10, 2026
Four things everybody knows that turn out to be wrong, and one genuine event so ridiculous that most people assume it is a joke. Telling them apart is harder than it sounds.
Sep 3, 2026
The best trials show acupuncture genuinely outperforms doing nothing, and even beat conventional care for chronic back pain. They also show that the meridian map it is sold with does none of the work.
