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Rory Sutherland uses case studies from the world's biggest brands to reveal our understanding of 'Psycho-logic'

Kathryn D Sullivan recounts how the team of astronauts, engineers and flight controllers helped launch, rescue and maintain

Forensic anthropologist Sue shares examples of her breakthrough work on real-life events, and examines how our life’s history is

Physicist Harry Cliff explains how the Universe is made, drawing on experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider and labs

Does love at first sight exist? How does your attachment style influence how you love? This month we hear from lawyer-turned

Brendan Walker explains how he designs rollercoasters to induce thrill, priming our bodies’ innate responses through sounds

Our exploration of the Earth’s fluctuating environment is an extraordinary story of human perception and scientific endeavour

Theoretical physicist Sean M Carroll guides us through the strange and sometimes daunting topic of quantum mechanics – from

The animal kingdom reveals a lot about female evolution and this month, Lucy Cooke explores evolutionary biology through an