Seasonality, learning to hope, and the gender...

How well can you remember the details of your childhood? Sometimes, the memories are there, but a little hazy. But what if you could trick your brain into thinking you looked like your younger self again? Would that help you recall more childhood memories? A new study has trie ...

More than 32,000 asylum seekers are being housed in hotels in the UK, the latest figures show.

There's been intense political debate in recent weeks focused on the cost – both financially for the government and for local communities.

But what about the cost to the ...

Ça veut dire quoi d’être amoureux⸱se ? Pourquoi le ciel est-il bleu ? L’univers est-il vraiment infini ? Dans cet épisode, Lena Coutrot interroge notre besoin de comprendre… Avec l'astrophysicien et prix Nobel Didier Queloz, le philosophe des sciences Philippe Huneman et la cherc ...  Show more

Claudia Hammond presents a special edition of Health Check from the Northern Ireland Science Festival, where she’s joined by a panel of experts to discuss the psychology of hope.With a live audience in Belfast’s Metropolitan Arts Centre, Claudia speaks to Dr Karen Kirby, senior l ...  Show more

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How does hope work? 

In this episode from the archives, Rutgers University clinical psychologist

How do we decide we are in love? How can we know if it is the right person? Today’s guest tells us that we are all enacting a “love story.” These are the stories we tell ourselves about how romance and relationships should go. They are largely unconscious, but they form the found ...  Show more