Psychology

The myth of mirrored twins

What do the lives of twins tell us about heritability, selfhood and the age-old debate between nature and nurture?

Gavin Evans

A master palindromist spells out his 40-year ‘love affair with reversibility’

6 minutes

Learning styles don’t exist

A teaching approach that is based on students’ preferences sounds laudable. But this misunderstands how learning happens

Carl Hendrick

Born that way

Confident or shy, our temperament is mostly baked-in from birth. But how that influences our lives is up for grabs

Gina Mireault

Fifty years ago, a train collided with Jack and Betty’s car. Here’s how they remember it

9 minutes

One woman prepares for the risky solitude of Georgia O’Keeffe’s American West

8 minutes

Why a journeyman boxer finds contentment in the art of losing

6 minutes

Wesley wants to solve the rooftop mystery – but does he have what it takes?

14 minutes

When hope gets in the way

Hope is usually seen as a positive agent of change that spares us from pain. But it can also undermine healing and growth

Santiago Delboy

Art students divulge (and animate) the dating pet peeves they find unforgivable

3 minutes

What it’s like to have aphantasia, the inability to visualise images in the mind’s eye

14 minutes

A filmmaker reflects on his adolescence with the help of some long-lost friends

9 minutes

Want an unvarnished window into the world of kids? Try cutting their hair

15 minutes

Meet the British bouncer in LA on an expired visa who has no time for immigrants

10 minutes

Two strangers forge a surprising connection as they climb a steep Lisbon street

10 minutes

Eight men reflect on their paths to prison – and imagine their alternative lives

30 minutes

How scars continue to shape the mind long after the tissue has settled

19 minutes