Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
How your looks shape your personality
Christian Jarrett Features correspondent Getty Images We tend to think of our looks as separate from who we are. But it turns out that physical…
Apollo in 50 numbers: The workers
Richard Hollingham Features correspondent Nasa In the first of BBC Future’s stories recounting the Apollo program in 50 numbers, we look at the people who…
Can you ever change a violent psychopath’s mind?
Linda Geddes Features correspondent Alamy To make our streets safer, efforts are underway to devise new treatments for repeatedly violent offenders. For the purposes of…
The wall holding back a desert
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) There is a wall appearing across the African continent, dividing north and south. But this wall isn’t to keep migrants…
How you can make better predictions
Getty Images A few individuals have a heightened ability to forecast what will happen to companies, the economy and politics. What traits do they share?…
Countdown to Rio 2016: Olympic sport this week
Athletics: The 2016 World Half Marathon Championships, external take place in Cardiff on Saturday. All eyes will be on Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah,…
Wales’ Jade Jones wins taekwondo gold at London 2012
In the process Jones became only the third Welsh woman to win Olympic gold following 4x100m swimmer Irene Steer at the 2012 Stockholm Games and…
What do the world’s media make of London 2012?
The opening ceremony and the way it told Britain’s far-reaching story was very striking and moving; the storytelling was unique and nuanced, and showed many…
Why millions of Chinese men are staying single
Rob Budden Features correspondent Getty Images The gender gap is a big problem in the Middle Kingdom – and its ‘leftover men’ are going to…
Cheesy? Yes. But here’s how a reunion could get you a job
Lennox Morrison Features correspondent Getty Images/Marc Romanelli Beyond retro? The idea of being frozen in time to your former classmates can help you if you…