The Hand

A complex feeling that is both problematic and useful, the latest research on boredom.

Could microbes hold the key to understanding the increase in a number of chronic conditions and allergies?

Plastic waste at sea is being colonised by bacteria. How will this affect marine ecosystems?

Pain therapist Dr Alessio Faliva and psychotherapist Verena Pförtner explain why chronic pain is a disease in its own right.

In this episode of Psyche, we explore burn-out: when exhaustion becomes an everyday reality.

When the fear of illness becomes the illness.

Patients and therapists talk about their experiences of psychotherapy.

Between one and three per cent of the population in Europe suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Several studies have shown a significant decline in sperm count in the last 50 years. Are we heading towards a sperm crisis?

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

Dancing to the machine: Welcome to the algorave where live coding supplies the beats. 

Two years after her triumph at the La Maestra conducting competition, Bar Avni is back on the podium in Paris.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

How can we navigate the highs and lows of city life and lead a happy existence in the metropolis?

42-year-old Armen Grigoryan is the youngest barber in the timeless atmosphere of the oldest barbershop in Armenia.

Lyon’s Nuit Sonores festival welcomes two living legends of Detroit techno.

How can you feed yourself self-sufficiently in the desert? An ancient superfood could hold the answer.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life