HELEN THOMSON
SCIENCE JOURNALIST | AUTHOR
A SELECTION OF MY FAVOURITE WORK
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STRANGE STORIES OF EXTRAORDINARY BRAINS
Feature
People with unusual conditions are helping add to our understanding of the mysteries of the mind
RHYTHMS OF
THE MIND
Feature
How flashing lights and pink noise might banish Alzheimer’s, improve memory and more
ARK OF THE IMMORTALS:
A CRYONICS CASTLE
Feature
An exclusive peak at a building designed to house 50,000 people in suspended animation
I FEEL YOUR PAIN: LIFE AS AN EXTREME EMPATH
Feature
Find out what it is like to live with the ability to feel other people's pain as if it were your own
YOU MAY BE YOUNGER THAN YOU THINK
Feature
Biological age diverges from the years we celebrate each year - and sheds light on the time we have left
MOCK THE GEEK: DARA O'BRIAIN
Interview
I chat with Dara O'Briain on why he hates homeopaths, reiki and goji berries
PATIENTS PLACED IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION
News
I reveal plans of doctors placing gunshot victims in suspended animation for the first time
HEAD TRANSPLANT PLANS ARE LAUNCHED
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Here's where it all started: In 2015, I revealed plans for the world's first head transplant
THE WOMAN WHO IS PERMANENTLY LOST
Feature
Sharon’s world is regularly reversed by a rare brain malfunction. Now Wonder Woman has come to the rescue
FOSSIL OF WORLD'S OLDEST FLOWER
News
Ancient aquatic plant thought to be world’s first flower has been discovered in Spain
CREATIVITY & BIPOLAR LINKED GENETICALLY
News
Mood disorders may be the genetic price we pay for creativity and high intelligence
MODAFANIL: OUR FIRST SAFE SMART DRUG?
News
Taken to improve focus before exams, a comprehensive review says modafinil is safe in the short-term
THIS MAN HAD NO IDEA HIS MIND WAS BLIND
Feature
Imagine realising in your forties that you have been living without a mind's eye
THE MAN WHO GETS DRUNK ON CHIPS
Feature
A few people get inebriated merely by eating carbohydrates - what on earth is going on?
THE CHILDREN WHO SEE CLEARLY UNDERWATER
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Unlike most people, the children of a Thailand tribe see with total clarity beneath the waves
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED VERY LITTLE SLEEP
Feature
I speak to a woman whose genes may reveal how we could all live on less shut-eye
SURVEY REVEALS WHAT WOMEN REALLY WANT
Blog
The largest survey of female sexual arousal reveals the ways in which women find pleasure
WOMEN FORCED 330 MILES FOR ABORTION
Blog
First study to unveil disparities in distance to abortion clinics across the US
HOW TO BRING UP YOUR CHILD GENDER-NEUTRAL
Blog
I asked the experts for their top science-based tips on gender neutrality
DO YOUR EYES HAVE THIS SECRET SIGNAL?
Blog
A ring around the iris that fades with ill health can influence how desirable you appear to women