A new test can tell you exactly how well you’re ageing. But as research has shown, too much knowledge about your mortality can be bad for your health
In the season 5 finale of The Kardashians, the fam…
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The hill I will die on: If Hollywood blockbusters must dabble in science, can’t they get the small stuff right? | Helen Pilcher ⊕
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Project Hail Mary, Jurassic Park: from dino-mosquitoes to a spaceship’s roar, pointless mistakes on the scientific details make me wince
On the advice of my teenage son, I recently went to the cinema …
79 days ago
I made my husband ill with a few words – nobody is immune to the power of the nocebo effect | Helen Pilcher ⊕
My prank demonstrated how our minds can adversely affect our health, and scientists are increasingly showing that negative thoughts can produce very real symptoms
For his last birthday, I gave my husb…
This Book May Cause Side Effects by Helen Pilcher review – can you think yourself sick? ⊖⊖
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Fearing the worst can lead to physical changes, according to this fascinating study of a strange medical phenomenon
In Roald Dahl’s 1980 masterpiece The Twits, Quentin Blake’s illustrations demonstrat…
3 months ago
It’s official: scientists aren’t funny. But it doesn’t have to be this way | Helen Pilcher ⊕⊕
It’s a world of bottom quarks and arsole compounds – so why is science still so serious? Levity can make it all a lot easier to understand
Science is an infamously dry endeavour. The noble practice se…
Forget birdwatching, I’m into moth-watching: they’re fascinating and misunderstood insects | Helen Pilcher ⊕
According to new research, distinguishing between the UK’s 2,500 species could halt cognitive decline – so my brain could not be happier, or healthier
Do you ever worry that your brain’s slowing down …
6 months ago
So a cow can use a stick to scratch its backside. When will we learn that humans are really not that special? | Helen Pilcher ⊕
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Veronika’s improvised grooming device has caused great surprise – but that tells us more about humans than cows
I have a farmer friend who regularly regales me with colourful stories of her cattle. Ta…
Wild animals are great gift givers – and there’s one present in particular I’d love to receive for Christmas | Helen Pilcher ⊕⊕⊕
Penguins hand over pebbles; scorpionflies give spitballs. But I’m hankering after a sea sponge presented by a dolphin
This Christmas morning, are you worried you didn’t choose quite the right gift for…
9 months ago
Leading conservationists just decided that genetically engineering wild animals is OK – sometimes. They’re right | Helen Pilcher ○
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Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it on
Do you think we should genetically modify wildlife? What i…
Dogs name toys while elephants name each other. Animal language is more complex than we imagine | Helen Pilcher ○
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If we really want to grasp what animals are ‘saying’, we need to understand their communication on their terms, not ours
Another day, another cute story about how dogs can grasp elements of human lang…