Rituals and celebrations
Emerging therapies
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Why placebo pills work even when you know they’re a placebo
by Darwin A Guevarra & Kari A Leibowitz
Stories and literature
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On the pleasures of hand-writing letters you’ll never send
by Anandi Mishra
Place
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In hatboxes, pouches and bags lie the items that define us
by Andreas Gehrlach
Poetry
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How poetry casts a spell through the rhythmic magic of metre
by Annie Finch
Emotion regulation
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What geometry taught me about awe, love and grief
by Michael Frame
The body and physical health
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Shaggy and strong, or shorn and sharp? Hair’s evolving symbolism
by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
Identity
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Why Spanish colonial officials feared the power of clothing
by Rebecca Earle
Rituals and celebrations
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In the cinema, my father’s unspeakable childhood finally surfaced
by Christiana Spens