Exposing the 
Baldies Beer Bellies And Bad Science
As concerns grow regarding the type of stuff image-conscious people are happily injecting into their faces (anything from infection-inducing fillers to…
Self-Esteem
Corrosive Self-Help Industry Thriving In The Age Of Austerity
A recent BBC article revealing the rich-pickings to be made from the self-help industry coincides with a number of Learn…
Advergames And The Brand Ambassadors
Only days after UNICEF’s latest report into the UK’s woeful child welfare record comes a BBC investigation into peer-to-peer advertising techniques…
Facebook Numbers Decline: The End Of Narcissism?
Well probably not, but perhaps people are slowly beginning to connect their feelings of unease and competitive jealousy with an i-social…
Social Status And Our Brains
There’s no great shock in the idea that status is profoundly influential to how we think and behave. This study…
Tobacco Firms Used Diet-Aid Chemicals
‘British and American tobacco companies deliberately added powerful appetite-suppressing chemicals to cigarettes to attract people worried about their weight.’ Not…
The Question Of Our Existence
As thirty years of market triumphalism staggers to a messy and somewhat predictable end, many people have been left facing an uncomfortable existential question: is…
Paul McKenna: Offering Thatcherite Chicken Soup For The Soul?
Well, Johann Hari is pretty sure that he is…
Exercise V. Make-Up
In less than shocking news it appears that researchers have found more evidence that diet and exercise are of more effect…
Smile Or Die
Positive thinking has taken over US and, to a degree, Western society, and this new enforced optimism is little more…