Video/Life Stages Harlem’s over-55s synchronised swimming team thinks ageing is better in the pool 4 minutes
Video/Mood & Emotion Will they or won’t they? Prospective jumpers anguish at the edge of the high dive 16 minutes
Classic /Meaning & the Good Life CLASSIC On the happy life Lucius Annaeus Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 64 CE With a new introduction and commentary by Massimo Pigliucci
EXCLUSIVE Video/Love & Friendship Meeting your boyfriend’s family is hard. Agata must travel 3,000 miles. And she’s blind 13 minutes
Video/Human Evolution Why do fear, cold and sublime feelings all provoke the same response in our skin? 3 minutes
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Childhood & Adolescence Five-month-old babies know what’s funny Gina Mireault
Video/Childhood & Adolescence Why the ‘exotic and strange’ world of childhood is ripe for horror 5 minutes
Video/Mood & Emotion Reason might be our puppet master but only after emotions tug on the strings 3 minutes
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/Ethics Honestly, it’s fine! Tight-lipped, frosty and fake, the passive-aggressive person never quite takes the blame. Is this always a bad thing? Rebecca Roache
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Social Psychology How the fear of death makes people more Right-wing Bobby Azarian
Video/Mood & Emotion How the sounds of solitary confinement might be worse than the isolation 3 minutes
Video/Self-Improvement Athletes endure a bizarre, nearly impossible 100-mile race for its sheer thrill 23 minutes
Video/Sports & Games Life as a young referee: you get berated on the pitch; at home, mother does it too 17 minutes
Essay/Mood & Emotion A theory of creepiness A bear chasing you is simply scary but a guy with a big mouse’s head can give you the creeps. What’s the difference? David Livingstone Smith
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Nature & Environment Do only humans have souls, or do animals possess them too? Michael Jawer
Video/Mood & Emotion Can any of these four men shed tears on command? The psychology of the ‘guy cry’ 4 minutes
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/Food & Drink Hot stuff Pepperheads love the hit of a habanero, the kick of a bhut jolokia. But what’s the allure of a fruit designed to repel? Kendra Pierre-Louis
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Social Psychology Liberal academics are ‘open’ but are they truly tolerant? Mark Brandt
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/Neuroscience My spotless mind Imagine purging life’s disturbing events. If you could alter or mute your worst memories would you still remain yourself? Lauren Gravitz
Idea/Social Psychology Exercising together boosts performance and forges friendships Jacob Taylor, Emma Cohen & Arran Davis
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Personality Sex, drugs and late nights: on night owls and psychopaths Minna Lyons
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/Mood & Emotion Only the lonely Loneliness is hell: debilitating yet formative. Can we avoid the pains of loneliness yet enjoy the pleasures of solitude? Cody Delistraty
Video/Mood & Emotion The true meaning of the match is clearest on the face of the diehard fan 5 minutes
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/Self-Improvement Don’t beat yourself up Learning to be kind to yourself when you (inevitably) make mistakes could have a remarkable effect on your happiness Mark Leary
Video/Mood & Emotion Blame lets you blow off steam, but it will rarely help you get at the truth 3 minutes