BBC Futureadded this to NewsTower of London The simple rule that can help you predict the futureBBC Future - Tom ChatfieldWhat makes something endure for centuries? To find out, we must start with a principle called the "Lindy Effect", explains Tom Chatfield. What will remain in 100 years’ time of the city or town where were
BBC Futureadded this to NewsPersonality The ‘light triad’ that can make you a good personBBC Future - Kelly OakesThe “dark triad” makes us more creative but also more likely to cheat. It turns out there is an opposite make-up – the “light triad” – that could explain why some of us are naturally good. Do you tend
BBC Futureadded this to NewsApollo Missions Apollo in 50 numbers: Medicine and healthBBC FutureThe Apollo astronauts might have been in peak physical condition, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t suffer all sorts of health complaints. In space, no-one can hear your sneeze. 24: Number of decongestant
BBC Futureadded this to NewsPersonality How your looks shape your personalityBBC Future - Christian JarrettWe tend to think of our looks as separate from who we are. But it turns out that physical traits like height or attractiveness may shape our personalities, behaviours, even politics. The boarding school
BBC Futureadded this to NewsApollo Missions Apollo in 50 numbers: The workersBBC Future - Richard HollinghamIn the first of BBC Future’s stories recounting the Apollo program in 50 numbers, we look at the people who helped make the Moon missions reality. Neil Armstrong was one of Nasa’s most accomplished pilots.
BBC Futureadded this to NewsWomen's News Why are women declining this surgery?BBC Future - Emma Bryce and Wana Udobang from Lagos, NigeriaNigeria has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. One reason? Patients often decline C-sections, even when it could save lives. These women are trying to change that. When Alice Ogbara divulged
BBC Futureadded this to NewsEthics Deep ethics: The long-term quest to decide right from wrongBBC Future - Simon BeardCould the world ever agree on shared ethical principles? People have been arguing for millennia, says Simon Beard, and reaching an answer is harder than it seems. In the TV series “The Good Place”, a philosophy
BBC Futureadded this to NewsPermafrost The poisons released by melting Arctic iceBBC Future - Tim SmedleyPollution, anthrax - even nuclear waste - could be released by global warming In 2012, Sue Natali arrived in Duvanny Yar, Siberia, for the first time. Then a postdoctoral research fellow studying the of
BBC Futureadded this to NewsApollo Missions Apollo: The missions to the Moon in 50 fascinating numbersBBC FutureThe Apollo Program took eight years and cost some $25bn. But it overcame one of the most complex challenges humanity has ever undertaken – putting a man on the Moon. The seed was sown in July 1960. With
BBC Futureadded this to NewsTeeth How modern life is transforming the human skeletonBBC Future - Zaria GorvettFrom the emergence of a spiky growth at the back of some people’s skulls to the enigmatic finding that our elbows are getting narrower, our bones are changing in surprising ways It all started with a The
BBC Futureadded this to NewsPlastic Pollution A simple online system that could end plastic pollutionBBC Future - Justin CalderonPoorer communities in the developing world bear the brunt of plastic pollution. Could a new digital payment system spark a clean-up revolution? It was once a shoreline buried by enough trash to render
BBC Futureadded this to NewsBabies The secret of being a good fatherBBC Future - Sophie HardachPast child development research often ignored fathers. But new studies are finding that non-maternal caregivers play a crucial role in children’s behaviour, happiness, even cognitive skills. The Aka tribesmen
BBC Futureadded this to NewsThe Future How to build something that lasts 10,000 yearsBBC Future - Alexander RoseAlexander Rose and a team of engineers at The Long Now Foundation are building a clock in the Texan desert that will last for 10,000 years. He explains what he's learnt about designing for extreme longevity.
BBC Futureadded this to NewsComputer Systems The maths problem that could bring the world to a haltBBC Future - Gemma ChurchOur hectic, on-demand lifestyles rely upon allocating finite sets of resources to constantly changing numbers of people. As this task grows ever harder, it will require solutions to a little-known mathematical
BBC Futureadded this to NewsD Day D-Day landings: The weird tanks that helped win the battleBBC FutureWhen the Allies landed on the D-Day beaches 75 years ago, they were supported by a host of strange vehicles dreamed up by an eccentric British commander – and they were crucial in winning the battle. Allies’
BBC Futureadded this to NewsHappiness A mentalist’s guide to being happyBBC Future - David RobsonThe illusionist Derren Brown has studied the philosophy and psychology of happiness - and he argues that many of us could take a radical new approach to improving our wellbeing. Imagine that you are standing
BBC Futureadded this to NewsPersonality The science behind why some of us are shyBBC Future - Sarah KeatingTo certain people, mingling at a party or talking to a crowded room is the stuff of nightmares. Why are some of us hardwired to be shy? This article is adapted from Why am I shy?, an episode of CrowdScience
BBC Futureadded this to NewsADHD Why is ADHD missed in girls?BBC Future - Kelly OakesMany more boys get diagnosed with ADHD than girls. But more girls may have the condition than we think – and their struggle to receive a diagnosis can affect their whole lives. Emily Johnson-Ferguson’s
BBC Futureadded this to News Do humans have a ‘religion instinct’?BBC Future - Brandon AmbrosinoAre spiritual beliefs an inevitable consequence of evolution? In the second article in a two-part series, Brandon Ambrosino examines the ways that spiritual beliefs emerge from ancient psychological tendencies.
BBC Futureadded this to NewsFake News ‘I was a Macedonian fake news writer’BBC Future - Simon OxenhamIn North Macedonia, there’s a small industry of websites publishing misleading and inflammatory political articles targeted at US readers. Simon Oxenham meets a woman who worked there. If you ignored content,
BBC Futureadded this to NewsPopular Fiction Does reading fiction make us better people?BBC Future - Claudia HammondReading fiction has been said to increase people’s empathy and compassion. But does the research really bear that out? Every day more than 1.8 million books are sold in the US and another half a million
BBC Futureadded this to NewsChocolate Why you shouldn't trust your food cravingsBBC Future - Jessica BrownMany of us believe that a food craving is our body’s way of signalling that it needs a certain nutrient. But research shows that’s unlikely to be true – with one possible exception. When we’re hungry,
BBC Futureadded this to NewsPersonality The transformational power of how you talk about your lifeBBC Future - Christian JarrettHow you talk about the major events of your life has a profound impact on your personality. If you change your life story, could you become a healthier, happier person? Imagine that, when you were 12 old,
BBC Futureadded this to News Why do some people have ‘two brains’?BBC FutureThe father of “split-brain syndrome” explains how researchers discovered our “two brains”. Take a look at your hands. Stick out your thumb as if you are trying to hitch a with your right hand. Now, try
BBC Futureadded this to News How the malaria vaccine could change world healthBBC Future - Gaia VinceNearly half the world’s population is at risk of the mosquito-borne disease. But a new vaccine may stop it in its tracks, saving millions of lives and boosting the economies of the developing world. “In
BBC Futureadded this to News What is ‘criminal malingering’?BBC Future - Jules Montague“Malingering” – faking a sickness for an ulterior motive – is surprisingly common. Here are some of the ways in which doctors tell real illnesses from false ones. They called him “The Oddfather”. He was
BBC Futureadded this to News How art and culture can help us rethink timeBBC Future - Ella Saltmarshe and Beatrice PembrokeWhat do photographs of ancient organisms, blocks of ice in the centre of London and the blockbuster Black Panther have to do with the future of humanity? Ella Saltmarshe and Beatrice Pembroke explain.
BBC Futureadded this to News How your friends change your habits - for better and worseBBC Future - William ParkOur health choices are constantly influenced by our friends, both consciously or unconsciously. We often think that self-control comes from within, yet many of our actions depend just as much on our friends
BBC Futureadded this to News Can you trust your earliest childhood memories?BBC Future - Sarah GriffithsThe moments we remember from the first years of our lives are often our most treasured because we have carried them longest. The chances are, they are also completely made up. I’m prancing around at a
BBC Futureadded this to News Why can’t some people remember their dreams?BBC Future - Stephen DowlingMany of us struggle to remember the details of our dreams. The reasons lie in the complicated cycles of our sleep. I am standing outside my childhood primary school, near the front gates and the teachers’
