Why Have Women Taken To Wellness?

Nastaran Tavakoli-Far asks why women seek alternative ways to improve their health.

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Plane, Train and Bird Spotting

Why do people love plane, train and bird spotting?

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Why scarcity can damage decision making

How when we suffer a scarcity of mental resources, we fail to plan for our futures

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Fact Checkers

Why Fact Checkers are so important in the fight to combat fake news

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Truth

Why is it so difficult to decide what is true in a world riddled with alternative facts?

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Horses

Exploring the connection between horses and humans

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Why Do Men Love Sheds?

We all need a place to call our own. Why, for many men, is that place the garden shed?

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Why do we Collude with Corruption?

Why do we collude with corruption when it is unfair and costs us billions of dollars?

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Wine

Why are we so fascinated with wine?

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Musical Instruments

Why is there a hierarchy of musical instruments?

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Zombies

Why are we so fascinated by Zombies?

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Extreme Sports

Why are more people taking on extreme endurance challenges which test them to the limit?

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Fitness Apps

What motivates some to record every aspect of their exercise regime and share it online?

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Giving Presents

Giving a gift - simple pleasure or risky business?

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Smart Speakers

How are smart speakers affecting us, from privacy to child development?

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Blame

Why are we so quick to point the finger of blame?

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Speed

Why do we like to go fast – why are we so taken with speed?

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Meritocracy

Is meritocracy just a utopian idea?

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Why is architecture so big on Instagram?

Is Instagram’s popularity changing how architects design buildings and public spaces?

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Beauty pageants

Why do women still compete in beauty pageants?

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Fattism

Why is it OK to be anti fat?

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Fathers and daughters

Why the father-daughter relationship is so important

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Mothers and daughters

A look at why living in a patriarchy affects the mother-daughter relationship

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Why do stories matter?

How stories help us connect, teach us empathy, and set the rules of society

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Cinderella

Why is Cinderella such a universal story?

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Separating the art from the artist

Why does what we know about an artist affect how we see their work?

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Why is climate change so politicised?

People on the left are more likely to accept climate change than those on the right.

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Emotional labour

Why should we value emotional labour?

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Why do we find it hard to cut our losses?

When we know we’re in a hole, why do we find it so hard to stop digging?

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Confidence: Why it misleads us

There is little overlap between how good people think they are and how good they are

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