Did you know? Fewer than 100 people have a photographic memory
25 May 2021
True photographic memory is yet to be proved but some people have a very rare condition which allows them to recall past events in detail
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Extinction Rebellion founder calls for mass psychedelic disobedience
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Gail Bradbrook, a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, has called for a mass ingestion of psychedelic substances in protest against the criminalisation of drugs
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US sitcom The Good Place reveals how our choices can unknowingly or unthinkingly harm the world. Thinking scientifically can help us reach a better place
Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles
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Cannabis – the source of the drug marijuana – virtually disappeared from Europe just as farmers arrived, so they didn’t get the chance to grow it for another 4500 years
Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads
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Northern quolls are an endangered species thanks to an epidemic of poisonous cane toads in Australia, but now some of them have been trained to steer clear
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Great tits exposed to toxic metals like cadmium and lead alter their behaviour, becoming less exploratory and more cautious, suggesting their personalities have been reshaped
Petrified rocks sent back by visitors who stole them from park
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These chunks of ancient petrified trees proved irresistible to light-fingered visitors. But was it guilt or a mystical curse that prompted their return?
The Persuaders: How we let the PR industry control our minds
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Reason and argument are dead, replaced by conspiracy theories and optional realities – and the PR industry is to blame, argues James Garvey in his latest book
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