Eat like a snail
Weight-loss strategies that focus on how we eat, not what
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An anaesthetist tells all
On surgeons’ personality quirks, exploding patients and what really goes on in operating rooms
How religious practice "brainsoothes" more than any other human activity
Anthropologist Lionel Tiger on faith and sexual behaviour, why religion comforts us, and how churches act as ‘serotonin factories’
Militant 7-year-old vegetarians
Accommodating new food preferences is manageable, but the fanaticism can be trying
Lonely while surrounded by friends
From 2010: A lawyer breaks a social taboo by writing about her painful disconnect from the world
Making good conversation
Curiosity, humour and also a touch of impudence will liven up your dinner party
Nothing to sneeze at
How the common reflex is dangerous—and even deadly
The runner’s rule book
Marathoner Mark Remy lays down the rules, behaviour and etiquette for novices, including don’t be delusional about your speed
How to get on a restaurant’s hit list
Think no one’s noticed you routinely send back the wine? Or that you filched the pepper grinder? Think again.
How to get along with the in-laws
A psychologist delivers some useful containment strategies