Poppy Okotcha: ‘Plants taught me about myself’
In her verdant garden in Devon, the model turned gardener talks about decay, family roots and living a wilder life
‘It can break you’: Life for parents of autistic children can be exhausting. One podcast is offering hope. Is it real?
A podcast claims to show that autistic children with limited speech may be able to communicate via telepathy. What does the science say about the idea?
What happens when love tips over into the infatuated state of ‘limerence’?
A neuroscientist decided to study the addiction-like obsession of limerence, while overcoming it himself
Rogue doctors stole one woman’s eggs to get another patient pregnant. What happened next is an unlikely tale of friendship against the odds
When it emerged that a fertility clinic had made one woman pregnant with another’s baby, Renée Ballou and Carole LieberWilkins were advised to ‘lawyer up’. Instead they did something extraordinary – even as one raised the other’s biological child
Hay fever making your life a misery? Try these 20 tips from doctors and allergy experts
Do nasal sprays work? Which are the best antihistamines? Can honey help? What about a shower? We’ve got all the answers
The Guardian view on the Pennine Way: a pioneer of long-distance soul therapy
Editorial: Sixty years old this month, the famous northern walking route successfully blazed a trail for a national pastime
A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph
‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’
Is beef tallow really safe for your health and skin? We asked the experts
Robert F Kennedy Jr and social media influencers are proponents of the ingredient – but is it worth the hype?
From no-show couriers to food banks: my quest to rehome everything we test on the Filter
This week: what happens to products after we review them; spring gardening gear; and anti-ageing essentials (including sunscreen)
Life let you down again? Congratulations – you’re growing
Rather than running away from disappointment, we need to face it and learn from it. Otherwise we will never try anything new