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A surprisingly high number of people began life as a twin – without ever realising. Could a new test reveal if you had a co-twin before you were born?

More and more children are experiencing "eco-anxiety": a chronic fear of environmental doom. But some are converting their panic into a force for good.

Illustration by Paul Tansley. Illustration by Paul Tansley. Companies may seek to dismantle prejudice among their employees – but psychologists question whether these courses effect lasting change Sun 25 Apr 2021 06.00 EDT Here’s a fact that cannot be disputed: if your name is James or Emily, you will find it easier to get a job than someone called Tariq or Adeola. Between November 2016 and December 2017, researchers sent out fake CVs and cover letters for 3,200 positions. Despite dem...

If you drop a glass cup on the floor, it will smash, representing fragility. If you drop a stone, despite the fall, it continues entire, firm, representing resilience. And if you cut off a Hydra head, two are born in place, representing antifragility. With more adversity, the response is to become stronger. The Antifragile concept explains that some form of randomness and variance make things less fragile. Some stress is productive; some physical work is good for the bones; some fasting is good...

Why its time to stop pursuing happiness David Robson Like many teenagers, I was once plagued with angst and dissatisfaction – feelings that my parents often met with bemusement rather than sympathy. They were already in their 50s, and, having grown up in postwar Britain, they struggled to understand the sources of my discontentment at the turn of the 21st century. “The problem with your generation is that you always expect to be happy,” my mother once said. I was baffled. ...