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The 2,600-year-old history of 'tortured' poets

With her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift joins in a tradition that goes back to the writers of ancient Greece. There seems...

23.04.2024 20

BBC

David Robson

The hero tax: Why 'selfless' workers earn less

The "heroisation" of certain professions has ironic effects on their workers' earning potential. Few people would deny that some professions command...

15.04.2024 4

BBC

David Robson

Swipe left? Why it's harder to find love today

Finding a long-term partner is trickier than ever, argues Paul C Brunson, a lead researcher at Tinder. David Robson asks him how cultural and...

11.04.2024 30

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David Robson

Why we have co-evolved with technology

Our relationship with technology has a far deeper history than it seems, argues the philosopher and author Tom Chatfield in his book Wise Animals. ...

06.04.2024 20

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David Robson

The transcendent effects of the eclipse

Awe-inspiring cosmological events can powerfully influence our psychology. The date is 28 May, 585 BC, in what is now present-day Anatolia in Turkey....

04.04.2024 30

BBC

David Robson

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