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Are you a good fit for a high-stress job? Take a look at the biology of making it in a fast-paced world of work.
ANXIETY
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If you possess these 10 qualities, you might be a good fit for a high-stress job

Scientists studied soldiers with PTSD and even children who’d witnessed a great tragedy. Did they unlock the secrets of resilience?

  • Bhekisisa Team
  • Emma Young
29 min read
911

Resilience: Secrets of the strong-minded

Can children be made more psychologically ‘resilient’ to traumas?

  • Emma Young
29 min read
In 1992
PARENTING
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This country figured out how to stop teen substance abuse, so why has no one else?

Find out which nordic nation radically cut teenage smoking, drinking and drug use and how they did it.

  • Emma Young
19 min read
Get a whiff of this: The distinctive aroma of wine and the odour of human sweat trigger very specific emotional responses from the cortex of the human brain.
SENSES

The man who can’t smell the roses – or his daughter

Loss of this sense affects taste and also damages a person’s sense of emotional place in the world.

  • Emma Young
18 min read