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We’re increasingly bombarded with choices – and it’s stressing us out

As someone comically indecisive – and who studies stress – I often think about the pressure of making...

Heart health: design cities differently and it can help us live longer

The fastest urban growth is happening in Asia and Africa, which is also where we’re seeing a rapid rise in heart disease.

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Why it makes good business sense to hire people with disabilities

Only 56 per cent of the non-disabled employees had average or above-average performance, but all the employees with disabilities met this...

Muscles are important, but stiff tendons help bring high-speed performance

Muscles are important, but the real secret is using training and technique to store and reuse elastic energy in the best way...

3,600 microphones and counting: how the sound of the Olympics is created

Sports broadcasters have also been overlaying what they call an audio carpet, which is the ambient sound of a full...

What Olympic gymnasts can teach us about improving our balance

They help teach us mere mortals how to stay safe from falls as we move much less spectacularly around our own...

How do Olympic athletes stack up against invertebrates? Not very well

How do human athletic skills compare with those of insects and arachnids? It’s clear invertebrates have the winning...

Male fertility is declining and environmental toxins could be a reason

There is almost nothing more disheartening than telling a couple “I don’t know” or “There’s nothing I can do to...

Open-plan office noise does increase stress and worsen mood: Study

If you’ve felt your noisy open-plan office makes you cranky and sends your heart racing, new research shows you aren’t imagining...

Send a loved one a handwritten letter, show them you care, make their day

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that every now and then it’s good to slow down and connect with those closest to...